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So I've never actually gotten to do one, but a proper Horror/Slasher rp would be so so SO tricky 😩 Biggest hurdle? For it to work, characters have to die. YOUR character might die, and not a lot of people want to sign up to have their babies be mauled. It also requires a super diligent and...

Ooooooh my gosh, this is a really interesting question. What does make a character compelling? I'd say motivation is definitely the primary big one. What pushes the character to keep existing? To put one foot in front of the other? It doesn't need to be dramatic. It can be anything from 'I...

Oh yeah, regularly. I definitely agree with what everyone else has been saying (sans Grey, who is flawless) in that this is perfectly normal. In my specific case it pretty much always boils down to me not quite being able to capture the image in my head to the emotive/descriptive level that I...

I think the biggest problem when it comes to finding roleplays and being uninterested in the current plot trends, is the fact that RPN has such a large user base. Popular concepts = lots of traffic = those threads being the ones to fill at least the first couple search pages (usually). It makes...

The reality is that lit/semi lit/advanced lit were created to help with the most fundamentally critical part of roleplaying: finding partners. Are they effective for that purpose? Sort of? Most of us (myself included) grew up on writing sites that used these terms, or other parallel ones, in...

I hope they’re okay and I move on. If they ever return I welcome them back with open arms. Granted, I don’t consider it ghosting until we have a couple pages of replies between us. Prior to that I see it as more of a “trial” period where we are both establishing our interest and if someone...

I have been obsessed with Merlin for so long. Having someone mention the side characters from there just makes me so happy 😭 Gwen's father was definitely completely fantastic. Honestly, all of the Knights really gripped my heart in a special way. Some of them we really didn't get to see much of...

Oh you know.... normal, well adjusted, stuff... - how to correctly strangle someone - how much force does it take to snap a neck - where are all the major arteries and veins located And that doesn’t even touch on the poses I’ve googled in the name of accurately describing body positioning...

Right??? Alas, this particular HS creative writing teacher was less about expanding vocab and more about believing the 'ideal' for writing was a specific style. Case in point, she would dock marks if you tried to start a story without having the first line be dialogue. "Always start with...

This. People don’t ALWAYS talk in a murmur or purr their sentences or even growl them 😂 ‘Said’ infers that they are talking as they always do which is going to be true 90% of the time. Freaking high school English teachers and their weird hang ups.

Typically, I plan out roleplays the same way I plan out books: coming up with key points we want to get to, sketching out what those will look like very briefly, and being swept along on the journey to get there. Nothing is ever set in stone and I never expect to rigidly stick to what’s...

I feel like my first was something involving MSN and a few people I knew IRL. I also have vague recollections of writing stories back and forth on paper in elementary school which I suppose would also count? But I can’t remember clearly enough to give any details. The first ones that I can...

Double usage is a personal pet peeve for myself 😂 I don’t notice it so much when other people do it but when I type a sentence (usually in discord chats or somewhere fast paced where I don’t re-read what I wrote carefully enough) it makes me almost physically ill because of how much I hate it...

Ooooh... - JRR Tolkien made me fall in love with writing and boundless imagined worlds - Stephen King greatly influenced how I approach character conflict (primarily inner conflict but also in examining external antagonists) - Oscar Wilde’s ‘A Picture of Dorian Gray’ unlocked some weird door in...

So.... I’ve been roleplaying various romantic relationships for about 12 years now. In that time the two relationships that had the most depth, complexity, and authenticity were both MxM. They both happened unplanned and out of the blue though, which leads me to my main takeaway here: I think...

Throw some letters together until something comes out that sounds elvish and go with it! Way back in middle school I came up with 'Ashwyn' as my own elvish name. I based it on Tolkien's conventions... I think Quenya, iirc, but I can't remember my process for that any longer so it hardly...

Mmmm this is a fun question xD Generally speaking I don't really impose many limitations. If the premise is interesting and the writing is good I'll explore almost any topic. Whole purpose of fiction (at least for me) is to explore differing points of view and lives than my own. Helps build...

A group roleplay that lasts is incredibly rare and hard to come by. Dedication, systems in place to foster longevity (usually coming down to GM or admin experience), and discernment when it comes to player recruitment are the things I’ve noted leading to success. In the twelve or so years I’ve...

If I put the effort into coding and writing up a really beautiful synopsis and someone copy and pasted it directly into their own interest check/thread, I'd definitely be annoyed. If they take the concept I came up with and put it in their own words? That's fine. With the first one, that's...

Interesting convo! As someone who prefers lengthy posts, this is mega fascinating to read 👀 TLDR ahead of time: It's a stylistic choice and, as in any hobby, if you're enjoying what you're doing, you're doing it right. No matter what that looks like. And now, my detailed 2 cents! - In any...