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The 'In's and and 'Out's of Roleplaying; A Recommended Read
Topic Started: 30 Nov 2008, 19:59 (45 Views)
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The 'In's and and 'Out's of Roleplaying

How to Format your Posts:
The standard format for a more lenient roleplay, in chatrooms, or other lax environments typically follows the following:
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*Actions are located within asterisks and are in the present tense* and followed by speech, text, or what have you.

This will get you a posting ban, more or less. At the very least, your rights to post in RP forums will be temporarily suspended until this little . . . problem is rectified.

In a standard roleplay, the format will generally follow:
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"Speech in quotations" with actions in either the present or the past tense and *thoughts usually in asterisks.*

This form is pretty much frowned upon here. It just tends to be sloppy, unprofessional, and pretty hard to create an analogous storyline with it. The main problem with this is the constant switch between tenses--it just becomes a pain after a while.

Finally, the form that we use--that used in dramatic or advanced roleplay--looks like:
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"Speech in quotations" with actions always in the past tense. Thoughts are in italics. ((Out of Character, or OOC, comments are in double-parentheses.))

This is, as I said, the standard format used here. It keeps everything neat and easy to read, and once the roleplay is completed, it can be read just like a book.

I might also add that you will never want to use first person person when roleplaying. Aside from the fact that it is simply annoying as hell, it makes the roleplay much more difficult to read. If you have four or five people referring to themselves as "I," you probably aren't going to know what is going on.

"The 'In's and 'Out's of Roleplaying" © 2008 Christopher Wetherill
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