I think if we put a "hold" post into the appropriate thread and then add in the RP from IM like you did in that example, it's probably fine to do that.  What bothered me was serious character development happening that everyone isn't privy to OOC.  But adding it into the thread helps matters.<br/><br/>That being said, I do think that it is likely to splinter the group a little bit, but as long as everyone is careful not to always focus on the same writing partner, we maybe could make it work.  We could also have a "fuzzy time" thread, I suppose.  We could do a hold post in the main thread and then link the correct portion of the "fuzzy time" thread?