Coposts are written by first one person writing their persona's actions in a situation which they then pass on to the next person. The next person then adds their own persona's reaction to what the first persona did. There is no formula for how long a reply should be. It is totally up to you. Just write what you think would be best to tell your persona's story.

For example, Writer 1 sends you:

R'der looked down into his ale wondering just how he had gotten himself in this mess. Kawaii was beautiful, fascinating, totally intoxicating. After the Flight he thought they had really hit it off well. But then everything seemed to fall apart. Nothing seemed to matter anymore - his drills, his craft, even his friends. He didn't even look up when a shadow passed across him.

You can write back:

Kawaii smiled tentatively. "Excuse me, R'der. Can I sit with you a while?"

Easy as that!

THINGS TO REMEMBER

Do not add your reply to the TOP of the mail. Add it to the bottom so it flows easily as any story should. Otherwise it is a real pain cutting and pasting all those paragraphs back in order when it comes time to send it to the list.

Make sure you do not send a reply with carrots (>>). Those also will be a real pain to edit out later.

You cannot write for the other writer's persona, only react to what they do.

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