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Editor of the Sobibor Scroll
The Queen Of Dorksville[P:100]
Looks like an angel, Acts like a dragon.
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Post by Pledge on Oct 28, 2008 21:47:02 GMT -5
I don't really have a talent of getting my posts Looooooooong. My longest is 220. Can any tutors help me?
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Post by Action on Oct 30, 2008 16:25:29 GMT -5
I know I'm not a tutor or whatever, but none of them are on lately. My advise is to describe exactly what they are thinking, doing, and what they look like. Even put in for example, a flash back if something reminds them of something that happened in their past. Have them dream. Fall asleep. Describe anything and everything. You can make it rain, you can make it snow (at appropriate seasons of course), you can really make a lot of things happen. Practically anything. You can have imaginary figures come and speak with your characters. I've made all these things happen at times and I assure you it'll do some good filling up of words for you. But, remember, describe anything and everything. Surroundings, the ground, dirt. I've gotten a whole post of my wolf looking at the dirt and describing it. Thinking of things. And it was a couple hundred words. But, mainly, P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E. I was horrendous when I started and look where I am now, almost a year down the line. I'm SO much better even though still not good. But, just describe things a lot and practice a lot, and poof. You'll get better and better. Especially when you roleplay with the AMAZING writers of this place. They taught me everything I know.
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Post by † Kadaver † on Oct 30, 2008 19:52:40 GMT -5
Flashbacks arn't always too awesome tastic, though, Acty. xD There's such thing as way too much, but you've figured that one out. You used to do it like crazy!
My favorite thing to do to length my posts is describe the setting. Weather. Is it hot or cold? Is it windy? Enough that the character can feel it though the fur and straight to the skin? Is the sun warm, meaning that the actual shinning light feels good? What does the ground feel like? If it rained recently, the ground is a bit pliable, whereas if it didn't it's hard. Etc.
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Post by Locura on Oct 31, 2008 18:16:21 GMT -5
Sorry Noity, but I must disagree with something you've said. I know I'm not a tutor, but I have to say it.
Don't, please do not, have " imaginary figures come and speak with your characters." That is one of my pet peeves when it comes to RPing. I've RPed with people who use that method to get longer posts out, and it makes me go insane. One minute a bear is attacking and the next we've both apparently fallen into a river but a giant turtle saves us. Uhmmm. No. Sorry, but no.
When I'm RPing I focus a lot on description. It's just like writing a story or a book. Describe the surrounding area, the weather, what the sky looks like, how the character feels. Especailly the last one. What is your character thinking? Are they worried? Tired? Sad? Joyful? And if so, then talk about why. When you read a book, you don't read things like: "The cat walked." You read things like: "The dark brown cat quietly walked down the pebbled path; a gentle breeze brushed against his fur, and reminded him of a better time." See, I turned a three word sentence into something much longer, and with better descriptions and feelings. It's not that hard once you get the hang of it ^^ and you don't need imaginary friends to do it.
-Locu
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Post by misty on Nov 1, 2008 19:43:41 GMT -5
When used like that, yes, it does get very annoying, but I think Action meant it in a different way. Or, at least, I take in a different way.
When I use "imaginary characters" in my posts, it's mainly just unimportant "background" characters. For example, many people describe the huge crowds or other slaves at Auction Rock. Those "characters" may not do anything or say anything, but they help make the post longer, because you have more to describe. In one of my posts, I had a imaginary guard lead my slave from his cage to a place where he could be auctioned off. I even had the guard speak, but I did keep it within the limits of reality; my slave wasn't suddenly capture by the guard and taken to some faraway land.
Basically, what I'm saying is that imaginary characters can be used some of the time, just as long as it's realistic. :3 |
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Post by Action on Nov 2, 2008 7:00:04 GMT -5
That's what I mean. Small background characters who do nothing at all. Like if your character is bored out of their mind, they might go wandering and come to some old wolf. If their cruel, they might kill it and walk away. Or others might have a short conversation with it. Just characters that aren't important at all. I have some imaginary stuff with the pretend Master that he or she doesn't really have and they try to get themselves out...stuff like where guards chain up the slave, guards tell the slave to shut up, stuff like that. Small stuff like that that means something to the slave, but it really isn't important at all. That's what I mean by "imaginary characters".
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Post by Locura on Nov 2, 2008 17:14:56 GMT -5
Well! My opinion has just been ground into the dirt. Thanks guys xP
jkjk, no hard feelings on my part ^^
I can understand mentioning the other wolves/horses at the auction rock, or the guards, but anything more than that gets to be too much for me. Personally, I'd never make up a fake wolf in my post just to kill it, but I guess if another person wants to that's fine. I can't stop them, lol
RPing doesn't really have any rules. I'm just saying that even though you can, you shouldn't go overboard.
Yuppers,
-Locu
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