Post by Rachel on Feb 23, 2012 19:58:47 GMT -6
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Lesson One: Let us begin with a pretty frequent rule of role play.. write in third person! This means that everything you write is in past tense. Although, thoughts are an exception because it shows what your character is saying in their head, somewhat like talking to another role players character.
For example: As he walked up the stairs, he stumbled around the corner. He motioned his way down the hall and practically leaned against the wall. Being as exhausted as he was, he fell right on to the bed.
Notice how all the past tense words or third person words have "ed" at the end, most do.
Lesson Two: Another pretty common rule in the world of role play would be spelling, punctuation, and grammar. A lot of people are very picky of this and expect it to be done correctly. There are many ways to make sure everything checks in A-ok!
• Spelling:
To make sure words are spelled correctly, look them up on an online dictionary. I prefer to use spell check even, but you do not always come up with the right word so you may need a definition.
• Punctuation:
Punctuation is not too hard to understand. Just put periods ( . ) exclamation points ( ! ) question marks ( ? ) and other marks in its correct spot.
For example: I ran all the way here. (This sentence has a period at the end, it is a statement.)
WOW!!! ( This sentence has an exlamation point, to show surpirse, shock, happiness, etc.)
Why did you run all the way here? (This sentence has a question mark, because you are asking a question.)
• Grammar:
The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences. You should try not to make run-on sentences. Also use commas when needed, this goes for punctuation. Basically just make sure that the sentence or paragrah makes sense.
Lesson Three: This next lesson, I'll talk about how to lengthen your posts a little bit more by adding details. A lot of detail can come from characters talking or thinking. You could also describe there emotions and feelings. Not only does it help you write more, it gives the reader a better understanding of how your character feels at the moment so they can give an appropriate reply. Also adding interactions and movement can help, so can describing the way your character looks. If you fail to do this, then you can not get mad at the way someone replys, they are not in your mind and can't tell what you are thinking.
For example: "Yeah Sally, the movies seem fun." She told her. Then took a ticket from her hand.
"Wow, Sally! The movies? That would be really fun." Jennifer cheered, snatching a ticket from her hand. She was really excited to get out of the house and do something. She even jumped around in place a little. I cannot wait to go, I wonder what movie we will see, she asked herself in her head.
See the difference? Which could you reply easier to?
Lesson Four: Now I'll tell you about god modeling. God modeling is something you never want to do. Its when you basically control another persons character without their permission, sometimes it can get them very upset.
For example:
Wrong:He raced towards her, going in for an attack. He picked her up and slammed her against the wall, she is unconscious.
It isn't fair that the role player get to decide if the other character lets him pick her up and decide if she is unconscious.
Right: He raced towards her, going in for an attack. He made an attempt to pick her up. If he did he would try slamming her against the wall, knocking her unconscious.
This way is much better and you give the other role player a way to respond to you own characters actions.
Lesson Five: Quality, another thing that defines a good role player. To show good quality, try using more descriptive words or using words with more emotion. It definitely shows that you have a good vocabulary and that your more serious about your posts.
For example:
Good: "Look at that cat!" she said.
Better: "Look at that cat!" she cried out in exclamation.
Another way to give your posts some better quality, is instead of using one word, use another word that means the same thing. A way to do this is to use a thesaurus.
For example: Instead of saying big you could say large, huge, gigantic, or humongous.
Good:The room was big for an apartment.
Better:The room was humongous for an apartment.
(Lesson 1-5 were written by an outside source and revised by Rachel.)
Lesson 6 -TBA-
Lesson One: Let us begin with a pretty frequent rule of role play.. write in third person! This means that everything you write is in past tense. Although, thoughts are an exception because it shows what your character is saying in their head, somewhat like talking to another role players character.
For example: As he walked up the stairs, he stumbled around the corner. He motioned his way down the hall and practically leaned against the wall. Being as exhausted as he was, he fell right on to the bed.
Notice how all the past tense words or third person words have "ed" at the end, most do.
Lesson Two: Another pretty common rule in the world of role play would be spelling, punctuation, and grammar. A lot of people are very picky of this and expect it to be done correctly. There are many ways to make sure everything checks in A-ok!
• Spelling:
To make sure words are spelled correctly, look them up on an online dictionary. I prefer to use spell check even, but you do not always come up with the right word so you may need a definition.
• Punctuation:
Punctuation is not too hard to understand. Just put periods ( . ) exclamation points ( ! ) question marks ( ? ) and other marks in its correct spot.
For example: I ran all the way here. (This sentence has a period at the end, it is a statement.)
WOW!!! ( This sentence has an exlamation point, to show surpirse, shock, happiness, etc.)
Why did you run all the way here? (This sentence has a question mark, because you are asking a question.)
• Grammar:
The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences. You should try not to make run-on sentences. Also use commas when needed, this goes for punctuation. Basically just make sure that the sentence or paragrah makes sense.
Lesson Three: This next lesson, I'll talk about how to lengthen your posts a little bit more by adding details. A lot of detail can come from characters talking or thinking. You could also describe there emotions and feelings. Not only does it help you write more, it gives the reader a better understanding of how your character feels at the moment so they can give an appropriate reply. Also adding interactions and movement can help, so can describing the way your character looks. If you fail to do this, then you can not get mad at the way someone replys, they are not in your mind and can't tell what you are thinking.
For example: "Yeah Sally, the movies seem fun." She told her. Then took a ticket from her hand.
"Wow, Sally! The movies? That would be really fun." Jennifer cheered, snatching a ticket from her hand. She was really excited to get out of the house and do something. She even jumped around in place a little. I cannot wait to go, I wonder what movie we will see, she asked herself in her head.
See the difference? Which could you reply easier to?
Lesson Four: Now I'll tell you about god modeling. God modeling is something you never want to do. Its when you basically control another persons character without their permission, sometimes it can get them very upset.
For example:
Wrong:He raced towards her, going in for an attack. He picked her up and slammed her against the wall, she is unconscious.
It isn't fair that the role player get to decide if the other character lets him pick her up and decide if she is unconscious.
Right: He raced towards her, going in for an attack. He made an attempt to pick her up. If he did he would try slamming her against the wall, knocking her unconscious.
This way is much better and you give the other role player a way to respond to you own characters actions.
Lesson Five: Quality, another thing that defines a good role player. To show good quality, try using more descriptive words or using words with more emotion. It definitely shows that you have a good vocabulary and that your more serious about your posts.
For example:
Good: "Look at that cat!" she said.
Better: "Look at that cat!" she cried out in exclamation.
Another way to give your posts some better quality, is instead of using one word, use another word that means the same thing. A way to do this is to use a thesaurus.
For example: Instead of saying big you could say large, huge, gigantic, or humongous.
Good:The room was big for an apartment.
Better:The room was humongous for an apartment.
(Lesson 1-5 were written by an outside source and revised by Rachel.)
Lesson 6 -TBA-