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 How To RP Properly
« Thread Started on May 11, 2008, 6:57pm »

Section 1
Proper set up


I'm going to give an RP sample that I found on an RP site (yes, someone actually wrote this.) Then I'll give you step-by-step on how it should be fixed.

RP Post:
that weren't Pansy talkign it was me i don't wan to be soem crash teest dumbie, Pansy not as bad on who Dani dating Potter i never saw what she saw in him Blaise shurged, but Star would mind Harry more than Pansy but Blaise hated Harry so it was funny to mess with him, but he had to be careful or he have Dani after him.

#1. Always use quotations to represent talking. If you don't, it ends up like this mess, and you don't know whether they're saying something, thinking something, or if it's an action.

After edit:
"that weren't Pansy talkign it was me i don't wan to be soem crash teest dumbie, Pansy not as bad on who Dani dating Potter i never saw what she saw in him" Blaise shurged, but Star would mind Harry more than Pansy but Blaise hated Harry so it was funny to mess with him, but he had to be careful or he have Dani after him.

#2. Always capitalize pronouns. If you are using the letter 'I' to represent yourself, it is always capitalized. As are things like the first letter in the names of people, the names of famous places, or of books.

After Edit:
"That weren't Pansy talkign it was me I don't wan to be soem crash teest dumbie, Pansy not as bad on who Dani dating Potter I never saw what she saw in him" Blaise shurged, but Star would mind Harry more than Pansy but Blaise hated Harry so it was funny to mess with him, but he had to be careful or he have Dani after him.


#3. Spelling is deffinatly a must. If it's so bad to where you could have typed it better if you were using a hammer, you really need to use the spell check. (There is one provided at the bottom, two to the right of "post message".)

After Edit:
"That weren't Pansy talking it was me I don't want to be some crash test dummy, Pansy not as bad on who Dani dating Potter I never saw what she saw in him" Blaise shrugged, but Star would mind Harry more than Pansy but Blaise hated Harry so it was funny to mess with him, but he had to be careful or he have Dani after him.

#4. Punctuation is equally as important as spelling. It is what makes a simple statement into a question, or into yelling.

After Edit:
"That weren't Pansy talking, it was me. I don't want to be some crash test dummy. Pansy not as bad on who Dani dating Potter. I never saw what she saw in him," Blaise shrugged, but Star would mind Harry more than Pansy. but Blaise hated Harry so it was funny to mess with him, but he had to be careful or he have Dani after him.

#5. Using the right word and grammar. Honestly, the above makes no sense whatsoever, and the only way it would is to track down whoever played this person and ask them what the hell they meant.

After Edit:
"That wasn't Pansy talking, it was me. I don't want to be some crash test dummy. Pansy's not as bad as Dani, who's dating Potter. I never saw what she saw in him," Blaise shrugged, Star would mind Harry more than Pansy. However, Blaise hated Harry so it was funny to mess with him, but he had to be careful, or he have Dani after him.

Make sure you always look through your post to make sure you have those things. Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar.
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« Reply #1 on May 11, 2008, 8:27pm »

Section 2
Spotting Ques in First Posts


I'm going to give a really good Starting RP post, to show what ques there are, and how you can reply to them. (A Starting Post is the post that you are replying to, generally the first one in the thread.)

(This was posted by myself on another site.)

Sample:
After watching Cerelean fly off with the letter to Ashley, Melody turned, looking back into the owlry. It was quite a messy place, with rafters on each side, and straw on the ground. One wouldn't want to trail too close to the walls, there was owl droppings gathered there, as though they weren't cleaned but once a year. Disgusting. Finding herself unable to look at the sight much longer without hurling, she turned back to the window.

It was a bright and sunny morning, with few clouds in the sky. The atmosphere was different than it was of her nightly strolls, this was cheerier. How yet the school remained to be in bright spirits with Ashley taken over was beyond young Melody, but she really didn't care. It wasn't her job to make people miserable, that was simply something she did when she was bored.

Leaning against the window sills on her elbows, she looked around the grounds, sneering at the blue birds that chose to pass, chirping happily. She heard footsteps, but didn't register them. She was lost in her world right now.


[xx] = These are great for the physical setting. They not only tell about the place that the character is in, but also of outside of there, showing contrasting views. These are good to reply to, because the replier can easily root from it, repeating it in their point of view, as well as how they feel about the current setting.

[xx] = This is the emotional outlook on the setting. It says that the school SHOULD be in complete misery since Ashley took over (on that site, Ashley is a powerful Death Eater, you piece it together) and since it was fresh, your character could reprocuss that, also stating their own personal opinion of what is going on in the Starting Post.

[xx] = This represents the attitude of the Starting Character. Shows that she has strong dislike for random happiness, and might have few friends. This is easy to leech off of. Similiarities, noticing her bumming, or recalling personal memories from this Starting Character are good. Of course, some of these memories can be made up as long as it makes sense to everything going on.
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