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Post by hanzoX on Jul 19, 2006 9:20:13 GMT -5
(All you must know that I am an advanced roleplayer. So I hope it's ok for me to post this).
Detailing is a virtue in writing role-plays, although you may write them on paper, but I just speak my mind. Details express more of what it is, what is happening, and why. Moreover, details can change and enhance the roleplay.
This is an example of a detailed Roleplay post/writing:
Get that idea? This is an example of a bad detailed post/writing:
Details can help enhance your roleplay, and can help make more sentances in a good roleplay site. (4 + sentance rule and such) You may also notice that if details were to be put in quote #2 it would make more sense. Details can be a must do and an optional thing to do. Either way, I recommend you to use them, and I hope one day you'll thank me.
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Post by Sheka on Jul 19, 2006 11:38:35 GMT -5
Good post. I was going to post something on detailing, but oh well. Details are very important, I agree.
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Post by Jakey on Jul 19, 2006 12:13:12 GMT -5
Detail is important, look at this:
Tick, tick, tick... the clock continued striking second after second, minutes counting up. Groaning once for the second time that night, the teenager sat up on his bed; something was taunting him, he didn't know what it was. One foot after the other, both his feet took a place on the stone ground. Sighing, the teenager, still fully dressed, slipped on a pair of tennis shoes from the Americas. Glancing over at Emily, an owl he had for a few terms, a large gold and silver owl, nearly a meter tall; the owl was cooing softly as the teenager shook his head in an attempt to try and wake himself up fully.
The teenager left the chamber door ajar as he stepped out of his room. Walking quickly down a corridor, the same one which his office and chambers were adjacent to; Jakob nodded to a few older staff members. Being only seventeen he was the youngest professor Hogwarts had seen. He was a professor at a subject that mortals will kill to learn, even wizard kind would.
Not having to worry about hiding from anybody, Jakob, the seventeen year old teenager, was a staff member and now of age; legally an adult. Exhaling softly the teenager watched the large doors in the great hall opened, as Jakob approached them. Stepping outside of the castle the teenager heard the doors slam shut behind him. Shivering, it was a cold night, but it could help wake him up; he slowly etched his head toward the right, taking a glance at the clock tower, "Past midnight," he muttered under his breath.
Rain poured softly, lightly soaking the teenager, causing his blue eyes to turn silver. His hair changed slower as it became more wet, eventually switching from black to silver. Desperately hoping the rain would stop soon, if it didn't his magic will be out of his own control.
The night untangled itself as Jake walked through the grounds, not having the slightest clue where he was going. Cursing softly when he tripped over a root of a tree, luckily only his shirt got muddy. In his social life he was alone, there was nobody left now to share his feelings with, to trust, to be one with. Jakob was the only professor whom is a male that is still single, probably the only adult male working at Hogwarts. Though he was younger than most staff members, he was not; most likely he was the youngest standing at seventeen. He needed to find somebody be with, somebody to love. He needed a social life once again.
As the seventeen year old walked on, he approached the border line to the forest. Staring at the tall magnificent trees, Jakob stopped. It has been a while since he been in the forest last, and he was not sure if he wanted to go in once again. Last time the young professor looked upon the forest, it helped call forth a memory, though dangerous to himself, causing a mental breakdown. Finally coming to his senses Jakob picked his way through dry brush and fallen leaves, preferring to stay clear of the dirt path as he walked into the forest.
After about ten minutes of walking into the forest, the forest grew denser, and the eerie silence was getting inside of Jake. Shaking his head he wanted to get the feeling out of his system, a feeling that left him unsure and frightened something would happen. Immediately he turned to the right after he heard a slight noise. The sound was growing louder, the clanking of several sticks/twigs in a path, thudding onto the ground. Jakob stopped, frozen in fear, it has been so long since he even fought somebody.
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Post by Sheka on Jul 19, 2006 12:14:44 GMT -5
Yes, detail is really important. If your post isn't detailed, it won't be long enough, or even complete. Detail is very important when making your post longer, because if you don't have any detail, you'll never come up to the word limit easily. Detail helps so much when roleplaying. It not only makes the posts longer and complete, but it is definitely more interesting to read!
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Post by hanzoX on Jul 19, 2006 12:21:20 GMT -5
In that last sentance you said what my 5th grade teacher exactly said. XD I still remember that.
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Post by God Of Rage on Jul 19, 2006 17:51:24 GMT -5
I agree detailing it is basically word description. Adding vidid language to your RPG makes a whole lot of difference.
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Post by Sheka on Jul 30, 2006 6:44:57 GMT -5
It does, so does variety. Detail and variety are kind of the same, though.
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