New Angle Writer Format

[enemyviolent]

The current angle writer is intimidating and I don't think it naturally encourages creativity. Instead, replace it with a system of building sentences. 

You would build a sentence line by line using drop down menus.

Each line in the sentence is structured like this: [Participant(s)] [Main action] [Modifier] [Conjunction]

So, first you choose a worker, tag team, or stable that'll be in the angle.

Then you choose what they'll be doing. For a simple angle, you'll already be done.

After that, you might get to choose an optional modifier, which may affect which stats are used to determine angle quality, and add things like raunchiness, injury risk, etc.

Finally, if you want to keep adding sentences to the angle, you can add a conjunction. If you add a conjunction, you'll be able to keep writing the sentence with more lines beneath the first one. For main actions that require a second participant, a specific conjunction will be required.

So let's look at some examples. First, the typical backstage interview:

[Participant(s)] [Main action] [Modifier] [Conjunction]

[Renee Paquette] [conducts an interview] [backstage] [with...]
[Chris Jericho] [who mocks and derides] [profanely] [...]
[Adam Page] [who is off-screen]

We start with Renee Paquette, who's main action is to "conduct an interview", which will require the "with..." conjunction. The "backstage" modifier affects how much the crowd will impact the segment. The optional "profanely" modifier makes the segment edgier, which will displease family friendly audiences. We get the "..." conjunction so we can put in who Jericho is mocking, who turns out to be Adam Page, who is off-screen, so he doesn't have to be available. 

Another example: 

[The House of Black] [attack] [in the ring] [...]
[The Elite] [who get beaten down] [with weapons]

The "with weapons" modifier makes the House of Black's hardcore stats matter more to the angle's rating, and The Elite's "get beaten down" main action means their Selling will be what gets rated the most for them. 

[The Acclaimed] [perform a diss rap] [with hilarious lyrics] [about...]
[The Gunns]

In this case, the "perform a diss rap" main action may only appear as an option in the drop-down because Max Caster has the "rapper" attribute. The "with hilarious lyrics" modifier will mark this as a comedy segment. 

However while adding conjunctions to write multiple lines can make angles more and more complex, like so:

[Steve Austin] [calls out] [in the ring] [...]
[Vince McMahon] [who cuts a promo] [] [and then...]
[The Undertaker] [attacks] [with a weapon] [...]
[Steve Austin] [who bleeds]

You can also keep it super simple and just do:

[Steve Austin] [cuts a promo]

And that's it. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it.

I really think this drop-down sentence building angle writer style makes more intuitive choices like who's being rated for what and will give players the fun of seeing what's possible and booking different kinds of angles than they might have otherwise. Main actions and their modifiers should be createable with an in-game editor too (although conjunctions, not so much). 

[Dave Mac]

Wouldn't this just create quite a lot of endless clicking of drop downs to navigate round?  Even more so than currently.  Also to cover all the various options the drop down lists would be massive.