Thanks for your input! The story-editing method is intended to reduce the number of posts (and hence the size of conversations), but they will inevitably become very long, making it necessary to link to sections within your own post.

@Unstable-Ordinance: It took me a while, but I think I now understand what you're getting at. It's a good idea, and I'll try to have it implemented (provided we get enough players to even get this thing started).

Back @Dmatter:
1. Unstable-Ordinance's method should take care of that.
2. Having only one post to write in should help with that; in my experience, players get lazy and don't want to have to click through prior pages to find the spot where they left off. It takes time to wait for a page to load. Having only one page to look through should help.
3. I think you're on to something there, but it will need refinement. I'll propose a modification below.

Re: 3. One of the recurring problems in RP storytelling is having to wait for other characters to post before you can continue. The usual workaround is godmoding, which advances the story at another player's expense. One way to make godmoding unnecessary is to, in a sense, "totally godmode" the characters. The moderator provides an outline of the story which all players must adhere to (that's the "total godmode"), and the players just fill in the blanks. This had the disadvantage of removing all surprise and spontaneity from the roleplay, and kinda makes it boring.

Another method is to allow godmoding, but if the godmoded character's player is written to do something different, then the first player must modify his story accordingly. This has the benefit of advancing the story at a rapid pace, and should provide a means of rectification should the victim player dislike what happens to his character, but has the disadvantage of being clumsy to implement, and encourages an unpleasant practice.

One other method I would like to consider is what I would call "contribution-summation." Each player contributes their idea of what their character is doing at that moment. Once everyone has made their submission, the moderator writes up a post combining everyone's ideas. If the submissions involve conversations, the moderator decides how the conversations show up. I'll write an example of how this works:

{Player 1 [Rochefort's player] writes: Rochefort slashed at Artagnan, shouting at him, "You killed my family! Prepare to die, fiendish scum!" With a skillful flair of his flourish, he disarmed Artagnan and pierced him through the shoulder.}

{Player 2 [Artagnan's player] writes: Artagnan opened the fight with a deft jab at Rochefort's leg, which the latter brushed away with his flourish and retaliated with an overhead swing. Artagnan shifted to the side, dodging it, and cut off Rochefort's arm. Rochefort sneered. "That just tickled! You can never, NEVER defeat the great Rochefort! Muah ha ha ha ha!"}

{Moderator writes: Artagnan opened the fight with a jab at Rochefort's leg. Rochefort deflected it and returned with a pair of strong horizontal slashes, just barely missing Artagnan's tabard. He was filled with righteous fury, angry that his family had been unjustly slain and desirous of sweet revenge. "You have slain my family and dishonored my name! Now yours shall suffer the same fate! I am in the right, Artagnan; you cannot defeat a just executioner." Artagnan responded by slashing Rochefort's shoulder.}

Player 1's description of Rochefort's words takes precedence over Player 2's because he is the primary handler of the character, but the moderator does not ignore Player 2's description entirely. Also note that he combines their perceptions of how the battle proceeded. Player 1 thinks that Rochefort was slashing wildly (and presumably horizontally), while Player 2 has a more detailed (and different) description. Both are incorporated into the combined story.