Open RP - A quick guide
by Lorya | 12/11/2007 15:23:46 "Open RP" - a small guide.
This would be the first post in a Open RP thread, the opening to a unknown story that is supposed to involve other people. What did I think about when I created this post? 1. Description: My text is not long. Yet it involves alot of fact about the surroundings. You can find answers to these question in my opening post: -What kind of day is it, what is the weather like? -Where does the scene take place? -How is the atmorphere inside the tavern? -Who is the bartender? -Is it crowded? -How does my charachter look like, and is there any hints of her personality in the describtions? I don't have to write all this. I could have told exactly the basics of the story with only a few sentences; "The draenei walks into the bar in Old Town. She orders a glass of wine from the bartender and looks around the room." This as as well an opening and invitation for another person to join the RP, but it doesnt give the feeling, doesnt give the information and atmosphere, and most likely will not catch anyones attention. Note though that there is no right or wrong in how do roleplay or how to write. The Charachter: What charachter will you be using? And what would make your charachter speciall, what gives him or her a personality? Try to involve that in your text somehow. It can be easy things like glowing eyes, a dark hood, a specific pet or an accent. Your fantasy is your biggest tool! Spelling: This is not the most important thing, allthough its very easy to instead of getting the feeling of someone's post , getting confused or annoyed by bad spelling. It's hard to create a flowing story when the reader has to read the sentences two times to understand. It doesnt take long to read through the text you have been writing. A tip for quick spellcheck is to copy your text into for example "Word" and use the spell check program there. If you use firefox it's even easier to install the spell-check plugin that checks everything you write directly. Action: I clearly miss this is in my post. You need some kind of action to open up a scence in where other charachter can attend. What would make someone interested in my charachter? Why would someone that walks into the bar give Titika any attention? For example, I could add this:
There is alot of ways to interfear with my roleplay here: -She spilled her wine. Perhaps buy her a new glass? -Help her up from the floor -Ask if she is alright -Laugh at her -Give her a glass of water because your charachter misstakes her for being drunk Reading: Make sure you read other posts carefully. If a misstake due to misreading happends, it can too easily confuse the roleplay, and its hard to fix afterwards. This will most likely as well force the author to go OOC and explain his or hers recent post. OOC: Big No. This ruins the feeling in a very abdrubt way, and can most likely change the roleplay to a ooc discussion. Try to avoide it as much as you can! Other: -If you choose to be part of an open roleplay, then try to be part of it. Don't write somethng in a haste, and forget about that you actually took part of the scene. This lowers the quality of the whole roleplay alot and can in the worst case kill it. -Try to invite the person you roleplay with to answer and act by action or questions. It's ofcourse depending on the situation. -Don't power emote. As well as in game it's really annoyong for someone to get their charachter roleplayed for. -Make the scene live! Instead of answer with "Yes, I do come here often...", answer with: The little gnome blushes a little and peered up at the elf. "Yes, I do come here often..." She smiles slightly. [ Post edited by Lorya ] ~Lorya, Siljah, Sindalya, Tazza, Katlah, Titika~ http://www.argentarchives.org/node/133 *******************shake n' bake******************* |
by Salthem | 28/11/2007 09:20:24
Added to the Informative & useful threads for Roleplayers sticky (Epic Tales & Stories section) Nice one Lorya! |
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