diff --git a/fs_initial_config.lua b/fs_initial_config.lua
index 469aa21..239ddc5 100644
--- a/fs_initial_config.lua
+++ b/fs_initial_config.lua
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ yl_speak_up.input_fs_initial_config = function(player, formname, fields)
 		-- create a new dialog
 		f.d_id = yl_speak_up.text_new_dialog_id
 		-- ...with this text
-		f.d_text = "$GOOD_DAY$ $PLAYER_NAME$,\nI am $NPC_NAME$. I don't know much yet.\n"..
+		f.d_text = "$GOOD_DAY$ $PLAYER_NAME$,\n"..
+			"I am $NPC_NAME$. I don't know much yet.\n"..
 			"Hopefully $OWNER_NAME$ will teach me to talk soon."
 		-- it is the first, initial dialog
 		f.d_sort = "0"
@@ -160,10 +161,39 @@ yl_speak_up.input_fs_initial_config = function(player, formname, fields)
 		f.npc_owner = yl_speak_up.npc_owner[ n_id ]
 		-- create and save the first dialog for this npc
 		local dialog = yl_speak_up.fields_to_dialog(pname, f)
+
+		-- add example answers and dialogs; they may be irritating for experienced
+		-- users, but help new users a lot in figuring out how the system works
+		--
+		-- first, we create three example dialogs as such:
+		-- (the first one has already been created in the creation of the dialog;
+		-- yl_speak_up.fields_to_dialog stores d_id in yl_speak_up.speak_to[pname].d_id)
+		local new_d_1 = "d_1"
+		local new_d_2 = yl_speak_up.add_new_dialog(dialog, pname, "2",
+					"I'm glad that you wish me to talk to you.\n\n"..
+					"I hope we can talk more soon!")
+		local new_d_3 = yl_speak_up.add_new_dialog(dialog, pname, "3",
+					"Oh! Do you really think so?\n\n"..
+					"To me, talking is important.")
+		-- we are dealing with a new NPC, so there are no options yet
+		-- options added to dialog f.d_id:
+		local new_d_1_o_1 = yl_speak_up.add_new_option(dialog, pname, nil,
+					"d_1", "I hope so as well!", new_d_2)
+		local new_d_1_o_2 = yl_speak_up.add_new_option(dialog, pname, nil,
+					"d_1", "No. Talking is overrated.", new_d_3)
+		-- options added to dialog new_d_2:
+		local new_d_2_o_1 = yl_speak_up.add_new_option(dialog, pname, nil,
+					"d_2", "Glad that we agree.", new_d_1)
+		-- options added to dialog new_d_3:
+		local new_d_3_o_1 = yl_speak_up.add_new_option(dialog, pname, nil,
+					"d_3", "No. I was just joking. I want to talk to you!", new_d_2)
+		local new_d_3_o_2 = yl_speak_up.add_new_option(dialog, pname, nil,
+					"d_3", "Yes. Why am I talking to you anyway?", "d_end")
+		-- save our new dialog
 		yl_speak_up.save_dialog(n_id, dialog)
 		yl_speak_up.speak_to[pname].dialog = dialog
 		dialog.n_may_edit = {}
-
+		-- now connect the dialogs via results
 		yl_speak_up.log_change(pname, n_id,
 			"Initial config saved. "..
 			"NPC name: \""..tostring(fields.n_npc)..