User blog comment:Tetrawyvern/Trying to get a little more involved/@comment-26268426-20181130201544

OK. Sit down because class is in session!

Step one, Creating Your Character
What you have to do is create a character for your beautiful self! You have to detail its appearance, personality, abilities, and whatever else you want.

Step two, Review
So what you have to do next is leave a message on my wall so I can review it! I will weigh the factors and see if it passes or not. If it passes, HOORAY You're in the clear! If it doesn't, I will leave suggested

What is Roleplay Style
Alright. So what you have to do is find a way of doing it in a way that you feel comfortable with, however, it has to be readable enough to whereas people can distinguish what is an action and what is dialogue and what is OOC (Out Of Character. Its when you yourself want to say something to address something.) I'll leave my style for an example

(I put OOC messages in parenthesis.)

Name of Character: "This is what the person is saying. Not everyone uses quotes, but I do because it makes things easier."


 * I use bullet points for actions.

Roleplay Style Acceptability needs
You always need spacing. That is how you distinguish what is what.

Do not do this:

Character A: "Hello I am Character A."

Character A: "I like to do this and that."

Don't use multiple lines if one person is the only one talking. Use just one of those unless you’re under a condition (Scroll down for that). However, if this happens:

Character A: "I am purposefully saying something that will take up multiple lines. Don't worry, people are going to forgive you for this. Everyone does this sometimes when a character has something long to say."

It's totally fine. But what else is good is if there is another character saying something in between what the person is saying. Cue Example!

Character A: "I'm saying something"

Character B: "I'm responding to that"

Character A: "I'm responding to that response"

With actions it depends on if you use multiple bullet points in succession. Although, actions are recommended to not be too wordy, you just have to make sure it makes sense and it is clear what is happening.

The following is also an example of acceptable:

Character A: "I'm saying something"


 * Character A does something

Character A: "I'm saying something else"

Sample Roleplay Post from Me (holiday edition)
Selena: "Oh my gosh! I am going to have the perfect gift for my secret Santa!"

Riordan: "Well I think you put a lot of effort into that gift, are you sure that he's going to like it?"

Selena: "Of course he will! I just have to wrap this!"


 * Selena wraps her gift.

Selena: "Now it's done!"

Conditional speech
Everyone is going to run into this at some point. You want someone to say something with some emphasis or some condition or with a tone of speaking. This is the only time you can use multiple lines.

Character A (Condition): "I'm saying something with a condition.”

Here are some examples

Selena(Whispering): “I think I have a crush on Riordan!”

Betty(Whispering): “You really think so?”

Betty: “Selena has a crush on you, Riordan!”

Riordan: “What?”

Emphasis
Two common types are Sarcasm and Yelling. Sarcasm we put in Italics. Yelling is in all caps. This is why you don’t use all caps when you’re just talking normally. Cue example!

Selena (Hoarse): “Mom can you get me some water?”

Selena’s Mom: “Speak up honey!”

Selena (Hoarse): “MOM CAN YOU GET ME SOME WATER? MY THROAT HURTS!”

Selena’s Mom: “Sure your throat is always in so much pain whenever Betty invites you to a party.”

Final tips and tricks for formatting
When mutiple people are in different areas yet you want them both to do something simultaneously, you have to create a divider. Dividers are created with four of these (-) in a row. Refer to this example where I put everything together! For context, Selena is at her house and Betty is at a party.

Selena(Hoarse): “Mom my throat feels awful and my nose is all stuffy and my face is hot!”

Selena’s mom: “Oh so you’re so sick right now-.”


 * Selena’s mom touches Selena’s cheek and she is burning up.

Selena’s mom: “You’re not kidding are you? Alright sit tight, I’ll contact the doctor.”

Betty: “Where is Selena? She was supposed to be here 10 minutes ago!”

Rachel: “Selena’s sick at home.”

Betty: “How inconvenient!”

Step four, RULES
Alright so you’ll find them listed in the Rules and Regulations area of the site. That details everything.

Step five, Types
Open RP: Available to Join for anyone. The best time to join is at the beginning. However, you can join if you have permission.

Closed RP: Was at one point open, but is now no longer open.

Private RP: These are made by people who have a specific group of people they want. Often times the only way to get in is by invites or pre-registering on either an associated blog post or forum thread.

Step six, Other stuff
Try to Reply whenever you can. If you don’t then other people will stop replying and the thread dies if unused for more than 5 days. While the double-posting rule requires a 30 minute gap before you post directly after you did. However, there is no time gap if replying after someone else has posted.

Step seven, Have Fun!
That’s pretty much it. Just ask me anything when it comes to it. Enjoy.