[RP Advice] Writing Responses (Length Does Not Matter)
Category: Blogging

An RP friend of mine on Facebook recently upon this matter, and I have to agree with him. A lot of us are so worried about being judged for how much we write, that we often feel like we’re not good enough.

We all began as terrible RPers, nobody is perfect upon their first year. I was only 12 (in 2004) years old when I entered the world of RolePlay, it helped me create my stories in school. The lot of us didn’t care about perfecting our roles, nor did we care about how much we wrote. We just simply wanted to have fun, nobody cared about length or grammar or perfect portrayal.

As the years went on, I did notice an increase in RPers making length a requirement to “produce a good story” as they called it. I am here to tell you all right now.. LENGTH DOES NOT MAKE THE STORY! What makes the story is what YOU put into it, feed it the effort, feed it the portrayal, just feed it what it needs. You do NOT need to par up to length with someone. You do NOT need to match someone’s writing style.

Writing a story with a partner is supposed to be about fun, not high expectations of the community or verse. Someone is a Novella, fine and dandy, I can’t always write in Novella format so I just give them the skills I have. I am a one liner, Semi-lit, Para, Multi Para and Novella. Why you ask? because I can write all of those depending on what responses I receive, my replies are formed off the materials I am given from my partners’ responses.

Do NOT create such high standards, some of your partners have disabilities that they cannot always meet your requirements. Do not judge your partners by their writing, by their style or how much they write. It CAN be irritating yes, but please refer to my segment RolePlayers With Disabilities  before you decide.