The Trick to Writing like the Pros

I’ve already discussed description, however that is only half the battle when writing a post. Any person can write a descriptive post. A good Role Player will go somewhere with their posts. A lot like a story. Good posts all have similar dqualities, they all have an intro, body, climax and ending. An experienced role player will write more in their posts than just actions. They’ll include their characters thoughts.

Remember this when you post. The character that you role play is yours. It is only as interesting as you make it. If you only post its actions then other role players will not see anything about that character. They won’t be able to relate to it. Your character will just be name, not a character.

I’m going to go through a post that I wrote, explain each part in detail.

Lets start at the beginning:

Intro: Remember the lesson in English about dragging your reader into your writing? The same goes here. Your post should start off interesting. Write about your
Character’s thoughts. Stay away from actions for the intro. You need to give your post meaning before you start having your character do anything. Other readers like to read why your character is doing that. If your character howls, write why. Are they sad? Looking for someone?

I started my post off with some description of where he was. I used the imagery of the environment that he was in to describe his mood. I did use some actions but there were only 2 sentences describing actions. You still got a lot from the paragraph. There was no confusion to how he was feeling.

Now onto the second portion of a post.

body: The body of the post is where the meat is. Now that your reader understands the mood that your character is in you can jump into the meat of the post. This is where most of the action goes. However, it should not just be actions. Include some mood and thought in there too. For every action you do there should be a reason. Excluding small things. If your character takes a drink its pretty easy to infer that they were thirsty.

Again, not much action. There was still a lot going on. You know what he’s doing and why he’s doing it. You don’t need a lot of action to make your post interesting.

Climax and Ending: This is the point in your post that you’ve been building up to. In most cases it’s a major action that your character is taking. It’s the main point that many RPers are going to choose to react to in your post. For example, in a fight your attack is the climax of your post. The ending wraps up everything. Your ending doesn't need to be a major portion of your post. But it should be there. It wraps up the post and its a good place to fit anything that you
couldn't fit in your post.

The climax of that post was him seeing the pack. You could clearly tell what his thoughts were in the post. After the climax it siffened off a bit. The ending wasn't exactly an ending. RP posts never should have a complete ending. When RPing your endings will seem more like cliffhangers because it should give the other RPers some room to jump in and reply and move off of what you say.

I hope that this guide helps. And remember, this is just a template. Roleplaying is all about being creative. Two line posts are not, even a paragraph is a bit skimpy for a post. Just remember to put effort into your posts.

Here is my complete post:

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According to what member "ruff" said on this forum:
Hi,
Christmas TIME... is closer than You think... have You thought about tons of things what You should do before..christmas??
Every year same things.. same problems.. same ... What buy for girl/boyfriend ect..
What kind christmas tree You should buy... maybe natural this year Lots of things somethimes
cover our great christmas time and change it in nightmare I have been looking for good sites who can help
get answers on Your problems... think about it..and look below...
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