Role Play Example

[DezzyBee]

Here I will describe the things that make a good post, the things that make a bad post, and afterwards me and two of the locals will give you and example of both.


[glow=blue,2,300]What makes a good post?[/glow]

• Good grammar and spelling. Use spell check, it helps, but not all the time. You need to know the differences between words like your and you're and where they go. Spell check won't pick up on those differences, because it's spelled correctly. So if you don't know the difference... well I'll have a guide up soon.
  
• Varying sentence structure. Instead of always using 'he said this, he did that' try to find something different to start a sentence off with. I'll have a guide up on sentence structure soon as well.
  
• Paragraphs. The more details and longer post you have the more there is to go off of for the people you're working with. A good paragraph in my opinion has at least THREE good sentences (preferably more) and has at least TWO good paragraphs (more is better, but some times you can manage to fit a LOT in a good, long, paragraph or two.)
  
• Details. Even the inconsequential ones like your character picking at her face because it's itchy, those are what make up a good rp. Knowing what they're doing, why they're doing it and what they're thinking when they do it is important.
  
• Time. I don't care if you only have ten minutes a day to get on in RP. Use almost that full time to write the post out carefully. If your partners are bugging you for a post, politely ask them to wait, especially if you don't have inspiration. If you do a half-ass post just to please them, chances are it's not going to be good and you're going to hate it later on. The more time you spend pulling out the details and writing them the happier you'll be with the results and the happier your partners will be to reply to it!
  

Obviously, there's more to it than that, but to me those are the key ingredients. Obviously, everything is based off of time and detail in reality. If you run out of time to post, and you're not happy with it, tell them in an OOC message that it's incomplete and you'll finish it when you can get back to the computer. They should be able to understand.

Everything I mentioned I'll have guides on soon, so keep a look out for those!

[DezzyBee]

[glow=blue,2,300]What makes a bad post?[/glow]

Honestly, it takes literally NO effort to make a bad post. I mean like, you not even putting effort into it to make it bad enough that we all consider it bad.

Now I'm not saying that bad spelling and grammar is completely your fault, but try your best. If there's a reason for it, such as a learning disability or something similar, tell us and we'll understand completely.

• BAD spelling and grammar. Chat speak. Breaking character (with the exception of OOC notes at the bottom.) All of these make for bad posts. One or two spelling mistakes is perfectly fine; we all make mistakes when we're typing so fast our brain can't keep up with the fact we made a mistake! Some grammar mistakes are fine too; we can't all have perfect grammar after all, and missing punctuation is a mistake we all make when we're typing. Look over your post afterward though, just and see if there's any mistakes. It makes a huge difference, trust me. Also, if you think it's too bad, have someone read over it for you and see if they notice things you're just not picking up. Chat speak is forbidden in roleplays. U R not l33t 4 speak liek dis. No, you just look like an idiot.
  
• One-liners. This is like... the ultimate no-no of RPing. This is where you reply to a post with one (maybe two) no-descriptive lines. This is a pain for those of us whom regularly give you paragraphs to reply to. It's REALLY hard to reply to this (as you'll see below later on). This is where description comes in.
  
• No Description. If you don't put those details in there, you notice a big difference in not only length of post, but how well you can reply to it. This will also be shown below.
  

Once again, there is SO much more to this, but honestly I'm tired right now and not able to remember what they are. I'll update this again later when I think of them. Some of them you'll only learn by doing them yourself!