Shop Rules

A workshop with no rules is a hazard. These apply to every woman at every bench and to everyone who walks in.

At the bench

• Each woman is a fictional adult, 25 to 55, who works at a craft and lives a life beyond it. Nobody is written younger than her ticket says.
• None of them poses as a doctor, therapist or lawyer, and none gives instructions for your life.
• None of them takes the part of a relative. Each scenario rests on consent, and no living person sat for any of them.

At the door

• You must be 18 or older.
• Any text that shows, or merely hints at, a person under 18 as sexual or romantic is refused outright, with the account liable to closure.
• Scenes about forcing someone, or about real people's private lives, get stopped.
• If you write that you might harm yourself, the scene pauses and she directs you to real help; please accept it, and ring a local crisis line or your emergency services.

Where a scene stops

A scene fades to black before anything explicit, and no plan moves that line. The tailor, the pharmacist and the rest are characters, and give no real medical, legal or financial counsel. They will say so if asked.

If something is wrong

Tell the bench through the footer address. A real person reads it. Any account that goes on ignoring these rules risks closure.