Lesson One « Thread Started on Oct 18, 2007, 3:08pm »
Lesson One How to RP
When RPing there are three things you should always state is the first post of a thread: what time of day it is, what the weather is like, and where your character is. This can be done in several ways. For example you could say "Sarah was standing under a beautiful starry sky." This tells us that it is nigh, is fairly clear, and that the person is standing. You can also say "Sarah was standing. The sky was clear and lots of beautiful stars were out." This sentence tells us the same thing as the sentence that came before it, but it is more choppy.
When RPing, you want your words and sentences to flow smoothly, so the reader doesn't get confused or bored with what's going on. You also want to be comfortable with your writing style. Don't throw in too many prepositions and adverbs if you yourself get confused while reading it. Chances are if you're confused, then the reader will be as well.
The next and most important part to being a good RPer is the amount you post. I know it can be a little difficult when you have writers' block, but each post should at the very least be one paragraph long. That's five sentences. Here at Shattered Dreams, we do not require you to post a certain amount, but posting one paragraph helps to keep your readers interested in what's going on. It also gives the next poster something to work with. If you just say "She kissed him," then doesn't really help the next poster think of a reply. You want to try to be creative when RPing. It makes things much easier for everyone involved.
Spelling and grammar are very important when RPing. You always want to check your spelling. We have a nifty spell check button. Just click it and a spell check will pop up. You still want to reread your post even after you have spell checked it. The spell checker could have missed a word or typo, like if you put "off" instead of "of." The spell checker won't realize this mistake. You also want to be sure to use the correct punctuation. I know it can be difficult to remember where commas and the like go, but remember that commas are pauses. It may help to say a sentence aloud if you're not sure if a comma goes there.
I don't mean to pester anyone, but in order to make sure you understood the lesson, I would like you to please post at least one paragraph of you RPing as your character. Please RP as if it was the first post in a thread.
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #1 on Oct 18, 2007, 3:41pm »
Ken sat at his computer, reading a post on an RPing site he was on. He was stuck inside, instead of with his love, Ariella, due to the stormy weather. His mother wouldn't let him take the car, and, despite loads of pleading and begging, he wasn't allowed to walk either. Thats how much he cared, enough to walk through a storm for an hour for her. She was all that mattered to Ken right now; not school, not track, not sleep. Just her.
Ken sighed in frustration, as he didn't know how to reply to the post on the site. It was weird for him, it barely applied. He thought for a long time. Mostly about Ariella. Not about the post he had to make to be approved by the Admin. Besides, the Admin secretly loved Ken, though they've never met, so he knew he would get in. "What the hell do I write?" Ken said out loud, to no one. Then, it hit him.
'Ken sat at his computer, reading a post on an RPing site he was on...' was how it started...
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #2 on Oct 18, 2007, 4:24pm »
((I have three accounts, so am I just allowed to post once here for all three? Because it seems only reasonable that if I understood it on this account, I would understand it on my other ones. Right?))
Sitting in class with her elbows on the desk, chin in her hands, Andy stared longingly out the window at the clear, crisp day outside. The leaves on the trees were moving in the wind, waving to her as she sat in her English class prison. She sighed as she turned back to the board, on which was written their homework assignment, an unbelievably easy poem thing. It was called a Haiku, a non-rhyming poem with three lines, the first line with five syllables, then seven, then five again. It seemed simple enough, so she took out a pencil and a blank sheet of lined paper, thinking for a moment before writing down her poem.
As the class bell rang she took her bag and slung it over her shoulder, then walked to the teacher's desk, handing in her work. Sure, it was homework, but it had been so simple she had finished it during class. So now she didn't have anything she needed to do for the weekend beside having fun and playing soccer. She smiled at the thought, leaving the classroom as the teacher picked up her haiku and read it, smiling amusedly at the words. She was a smart one, that Andy. And quite a joker.
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #3 on Oct 18, 2007, 6:13pm »
Was this all a deliberate plan to piss Ace off? Or was it just mere coincidence? There was no way it could have been the latter. This was too well rehearsed, too well planned. Their words flowed together like Kiku and gay guys. It was just too sad that they were treating good ole Ace like this. The same straight, nice Ace they had been growing up with. He was the exact opposite of the so un-cool Kiku, which made Ace wonder. Did they hate him? nuts, it seemed like it. Delaney and Eden were both going on vacation, or so they claim. It was just too hard to accept. Screw that, Ace wasn’t going to accept it. They were lying, and he knew it.
Taking out his shotgun, he loaded it up to full capacity and walked out the door. Bang, bang! Two zombies down. “Here I come, pregnant doggies,” Ace said.
« Last Edit: Oct 18, 2007, 6:48pm by Ace McCloud »
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #4 on Oct 18, 2007, 6:26pm »
Anna was sitting behind a bookshelf in the back, reading a book of Sonnets. You could barely see her as she was surrounded by a fort of books. She intended on staying in the library all day today if she could. The fort was made of books she was going to read or books she had already read. It was quite a masterpiece actually. The sides were just wide enough to keep body from view and just tall enough to cover the top of her head. In front and in back there walls that were half as tall as the sides. There was enough space in the fort for more books or another person. She hadn't built this in one day of course. Anna had been working on this ever since she started Eden Hall Academy.
Anna tucked a strand of dark red hair behind her ear as she read. She reached out and flipped a switch on the blue portable radio that was in the fort with her. The song "Even Rats" filled her fort. Anna smiled as she continued to read. The music was loud enough for her to hear but not everyone else in the library. She loved the song and she had to have some background music or sound as she was reading. Today there was almost no one in the library so she couldn't listen to other people's conversations.
Re: Lesson One « Reply #5 on Oct 20, 2007, 5:48am »
Orion was standing under a cloudy night. The wind was strong and blowing to wards him. He was walking in the boards of the dream world and finding it hard since the wind was so strong but he continued. All of a sudden a number of warrior of the nothing appear and took Orion by surprise. He drew his sword and readied himself for battle.
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #6 on Oct 22, 2007, 10:49pm »
A tear struck the moonlight ground. Izzy sat in a tree, feet dangling from the lower branches, head in his hands. Again it happened, again she was hurt. Robert hurt her again, the next time Robert wouldn't get away with just a bruise or two, a scratch, or just a cut. Oh no, those would seem like pleasure compared to what he would do.
The moon awakens from her daily slumber and the wolves come out to play.
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #7 on Oct 23, 2007, 2:26pm »
Alares sat on a stone wall under the clear night sky, her mind deep in meditation. The light of the moon directly overhead shone on her pitch black hair. All around her other beings in The Nothing's army took part in their own ways of rigourous training for the upcoming battles.
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Re: Lesson One « Reply #8 on Oct 23, 2007, 4:00pm »
Sabrina sat by a pond in the park her dark blue eyes focused on the moonlit water. she closed her eyes and sang a soft lullaby the lullaby was about angels in the sky coming to save her. Sabrina made the song up her self and wanted to keep writing more lullabies, but since she didn't have paper and her memory was not very good she could not remember them. Sabrina finished her lullaby and then took out and apple from her backpack and started to eat it.
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