What advice would you give to other roleplayers?

[astrivid]

(Forgive me if this is on the wrong board, I had no idea where to put this)

If you could give some advice to a roleplayer, what would it be? This can go for anyone at any level, from just starting to a hardened veteran.


My advice would be: Don't force yourself into uncomfortable situations to please someone you're rping with. This means sharing any triggers/squicks/etc upfront and talking things out if anything hits a little close to home. All in all though, do not feel bad for d/cing. You have the right to leave any situation you don't like.


I'd also say be friendly! Don't shy away from talking ooc with someone! It's how I met some of my closest friends.  

[Debbie Does Dallas]

that's p good advice right there!!!!

uuhhh, as for RPing advice, i normally tell people to just... read character logs. read them. study them. indulge yourself in them. also, practice writing logs yourself or with friends or other RPers for help with dialogue tbh. research y/c's interests, get to know them!

and don't be disheartened if you don't think you're good enough! practice makes perfect! just keep trying, and don't give up. ask for help with things if you're unsure about your writing!

[mogseltof]

Oh god seconded the practice! No harm in learning a new character!

My advice would be: don't pad for length. Don't bury your style and character under heaps of useless prose, it's infinitely more satisfying to read a shorter response that's written well and relevant than a response with a bunch of extra paragraphs that add approximately nothing. And above all else show what your character is doing! There's nothing more frustrating than getting a beautiful, IC, five paragraph reply that's nothing but thoughts with absolutely nothing happening with your own character.

And most important: if you're not having fun, don't fuck with it. If you don't enjoy the thing you're roleplaying then you don't have to keep doing it.

[Homestuck]

My advice would be to communicate w/ your partner. I know a lot of issues that have come up between me and partners on various anon rp sites from trollmeagle to chplay would have been easily resolved if either of us had come forward to just talk to one another. it can be a pretty anxious experience, telling a stranger that you're uncomfortable with them autoing you or asking them if rping a certain event would be okay, but it does a WORLD of a good. My two most specific examples would have to be when I disconnected on someone for auto-ing me all the time, and I'm sure they would have stopped if I had let hem know, and the rp was actually really fun! or someone else disconnected on me, telling me before they disconnected that they had been trying to post mimic my length and it was too hard.

Which, i also gladly would have told them it wasn't important if they had mentioned it and let me respond first

so please talk to your partners!