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Season Tickets, New Emoticons and Much More!

Greetings Members! (Originally Emailed 11/17/2005)

"Season Tickets"  is back with dozens of awesome prizes from the generous
members of Writing.Com! Plus, you've got more ways to express yourself
with Emoticons, new features for Survey Forms, more review incentives
and more are all announced in this NEWS email!


Now Open: Season Tickets
With more than two dozen prizes, this Winter's "Season Tickets"  is
simply awesome. Here's just a few of the very cool prizes available:
          A new Sony 4.1 Megapixel Cyber-shot® Digital Camera
          One year Upgraded and Premium Memberships on Writing.Com
          Hoards of Gift Points
          Great prize packages
          Original handmade items
          Books signed by their authors
          Full portfolio & item reviews, plus much more!
    Purchase up to 5 tickets at one time!

Season Tickets  [E] #783934 Purchase Raffle Tickets for a chance to win some AWESOME prizes and support a GREAT cause! by The StoryMistress

100% of the GPs raised go directly to "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" .
Please help us help them through this fundraiser!

Need great gifts for your Writing.Com friends and family? Enter them
into the Season Tickets raffle. It's a great gift and it's for a great cause!


:: New Emoticons ::
We're pleased to release the following ten (10) new emoticons for use by all
members of Writing.Com:

New Faces:
            =   {e:rolleyes}
            =   {e:smirk}

New Symbols:
            =   {e:halfstar}
            =   {e:thumbsdown}
            =   {e:thumbsup}

New Set:
            =   {e:gift1}
            =   {e:gift2}
            =   {e:gift3}
            =   {e:gift4}
            =   {e:gift5}

You can view the complete list of Writing.Com's available emoticons by opening
the WritingML Help area found in your Author Tools pull down menu. Once in
that window, click to Using Emoticons for the list!


:: Survey Form Updates ::
Survey Forms received a few updates in October. These changes and additions
include the following:

The survey layout, as shown to those submitting a form, has been cleaned up
and made easier to read.
A streamlined, easier to use listing of received responses provides clear tool
links and loads faster.
The {response:########} WritingML tag has been added. Survey users
can link directly to survey responses with the new Response ID # found on each
response. The tag produces a link that pops open a window with the survey
response's data, helpful for keeping track of important responses. It's also
convenient when working with a group that needs to reference and review
survey data.
The ability to export any individual response's answer has been added. This
is a most convenient feature when you need to copy and paste data from a
survey response.
We've added a response overview showing all answers for any individual
survey question. This makes summarizing your results a bit eaiser.


Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com!
  ~~ The StoryMistress and
         The StoryMaster