Owl Knight
Don't let it ruffle your feathers, my liege.
I've been wondering if people have noticed this or if it's just a me thing: Most people that I roleplay with one on one tend to shoot for two to three paragraph posts each time they respond.
This is great and all until our two characters need to have a conversation of any kind. In order to meet that two paragraph mark, one of two things needs to happen:
Either each post will be way overstuffed with descriptions and details about how the character is gesturing or what they are thinking, with one line of dialogue buried in the middle...
OR, each response is packed with dialogue to the point that the characters seem to be having two simultaneous one sided conversations.
Am I doing a good job of describing this? I don't know if I am.
How do you guys keep your dialogue exchanges snappy when you are trying to keep your post size up? Do you ever sacrifice the length of the post when it makes sense for you to just focus on your characters line of dialogue?
This is great and all until our two characters need to have a conversation of any kind. In order to meet that two paragraph mark, one of two things needs to happen:
Either each post will be way overstuffed with descriptions and details about how the character is gesturing or what they are thinking, with one line of dialogue buried in the middle...
OR, each response is packed with dialogue to the point that the characters seem to be having two simultaneous one sided conversations.
Am I doing a good job of describing this? I don't know if I am.
How do you guys keep your dialogue exchanges snappy when you are trying to keep your post size up? Do you ever sacrifice the length of the post when it makes sense for you to just focus on your characters line of dialogue?