This subforum, Classes, is a place for roleplayers get specific assistance and advice on their roleplays and roleplaying style. This is not a place to belittle, insult, bicker or be rude about someone's roleplay sample, nor about someone's suggestions. If you feel that a comment is insulting, PM a crew member. (Find the list of crew members at the top of the member list of this guild.) The crew member will decide and deal with it.
When critiquing be nice. Remember that there is a person behind a monitor of that post. Keep in mind that everyone has a different way of separating speech and actions, sometimes thought too. While there are times that the style is in need of suggestions, don't criticize a style just because it's different from yours.
Roleplaying is basically collaborative writing, with a character driven, instead of plot driven, story. This means that roleplaying well includes being able to write well. The technical aspects of writing, like grammar and spelling, are the more clear-cut things to learn and teach. Writing style, order, composition, and other things like them are grey areas with commonly accepted guidelines.
> Be nice with critiques and towards critiques.
> Remember that everyone is different, with different preferences and styles.
> Proofreading for typos and spelling errors is a good habit.
> Revision for clarity is required for some people, like myself.
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The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society, so as to take part in that society. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: "Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society.
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