What do I get in an information pack?
The exact contents vary from year to year, but chance are thar the pack will something along the lines of:
- A cheery welcome note!
- A reminder of the deadline
- A writing style guide
- Info on what you have to write about in your section
- Character sheets for any of the characters included in your section
- Location sheets for any locations included in your section
- A few short pieces of research / background that might be helpful
- A final note of advice on how to respond to the brief
It sounds like a lot, but it in practice it isn’t. For example, the writing style guide says little more than “write in whatever style you want”. The final note of advice is again stating the obvious. Eg, it reminds people that things in the part of their brief entitled “Things that have already happened” have already happened, and therefore they don’t need to write about them.