[quote=@Morden Man]
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I honestly didn't realise that anyone [i]didn't[/i] use their sample post to just write their first post out. Why wouldn't you? 

It's never really made sense to me.
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Maybe you hadn't gotten your initial story ironed out yet or one might relegate their sample to the non-canonical realm of imaginary stories.