ok, jay, this might help you, since it's straight from the donkey's mouth.
first off, i'll warn you, going through every single frickin' team is exhausting and you'll be tempted to scrap it at least five times. i know i have. it's why there's no update today, for one thing. going team-by-team and writing about all of them will immerse you into your universe more, but you'll feel like immersing your head in a tub of ice water, too. it's also hard not to turn a preview into a stat dump, or a bunch of random b.s. and guessing, both of which get old after a while. and the teams sort of blend together, at least for me -- one problem i have definitely noticed is that because i'm so inundated with information on the actual major leagues, i'm easily able to remember 20, 25, 30 guys per team. not so in my little alternate universe. a few, maybe. all of the pale hose, pretty much, but try to define just what your goal is when writing 28, 30 previews. it may be too idealistic.
i still think it's worthwhile to go through all the teams, but my suggestion is to go through them at whatever speed and amount of depth you like - that means take a couple days or a couple weeks depending - but only actually write about the stuff that interests you. think about it, though. what aspects of baseball can you discuss over and over? what drew you to the game in the first place? lousy draft picks, players winning/not winning awards, stupid trades, injuries and their effects, what have you -- that's the stuff i like. you can talk about the stars, or the 25th man on each roster (i like that one too
), or the financial situations, or whatever. it's more open-ended and therefore more difficult but probably quicker than my format and also less likely to burn you out. and you'll enjoy it, rather than feel like you're plodding through it to eventually get to the point of playing out the games.
ultimately, it's up to you to determine your pace, and that will really help you answer your poll question better than i can. since you're still feeling out this dynasty, it can be whatever you like. going slooooooow like seth or i do is rewarding but can also be very frustrating. sometimes i even get the urge to skip ahead a few months. it is also about the level of depth you want, but there is both a micro and macro level of that, a small picture and a big picture.
luis_rivera's wonderful pirates dynasty was a great example of a "marco" dynasty that worked out great. you really saw his philosophies for building a team, the mistakes and successes he had, and you had the power of hindsight, which i really don't with the white sox. if i ever see a so-called "big picture" in my dynasty, it will be five real-life years down the line, seriously. i personally love that. i can't imagine abandoning this dynasty now, seriously. i have a better feel for my pale hose league than i do for real major league baseball, and i am a baseball
nut. i know less of 'what' happened; it's more 'why' things happened. what i
should have done last year. mistakes i made in player valuation, specific games, even. that's a macro level. and i'm beginning, i'm hope, to develop that some sort of perception for the rest of the league. but, like i said, that's a loooong way ahead. consider if you really want that.
anyway, that was overly long-winded, so i'll end it here. whatever you decide, jay, keep on writin'. i know i'm glad i have.