:..Styles..:
There are different styles with role playing. Some people like their role plays to be literate, some semi-literate, and others don’t care.
In most literate role plays you post in third person. Usually [but not always] thoughts are italicized, quotations are used when a character is speaking, you must spell out words [no chat-speak] and occasionally people put a minimum on how short your reply can be in the role play. Sometimes that limit is just at least two – three sentences, other times it’s at least three paragraphs. [All these things vary on the Role play’s rules though]
Example of a Literate Role Play:
What to notice? It’s written in third person. There’s no “I did…” it either uses the character’s name or he [if the character is female, then it would be she]. There’s correct punctuation in the correct places. The right words at capitalized. When the character was talking, quotation marks around his words.
In role plays that aren’t literate, it usually doesn’t matter how you post. [Depends on the role play’s rules though] Some people may post in the literate style, because that’s the way they role play best or are most comfortable with, other people may post in literate style, but in first person instead of third person, or others may just use asterisks for actions.
Example of Literate Style but in First person:
She was supposed to keep her mouth shut about that! I thought as I walked home from school. What a disaster this day has turned out to be, but oh well, I’m almost at Chase’s house now. At least there I can have a bit of fun. Playing video games. Listening to music. Eating junk food. That’s one thing I love about Chase’s house; Chase’s mom always keeps the house stocked with the best junk food, and it’s all name-brand! My phone’s ringing snapped me out of his thoughts about how mad I am at Christy. “Hey” I said answering the phone.
Asterisk Action Style:
Also, if the role play is not literate, you may be allowed to use chat-speak or leet.
An example of this is:
U r supposed to B gone by 2morrow! i dunno y u even want to but w/e nvm it doesn’t even matter n-e more so yeah.
And a semi-literate role play may be just like a literate role play, except have no minimum most length, or it may be a mixture of literate and un-literate styles.
Again, all these styles will vary on how the creator of the role play wants the role play to be designed, but this is can give you a general idea to get you started off.
There are different styles with role playing. Some people like their role plays to be literate, some semi-literate, and others don’t care.
In most literate role plays you post in third person. Usually [but not always] thoughts are italicized, quotations are used when a character is speaking, you must spell out words [no chat-speak] and occasionally people put a minimum on how short your reply can be in the role play. Sometimes that limit is just at least two – three sentences, other times it’s at least three paragraphs. [All these things vary on the Role play’s rules though]
Example of a Literate Role Play:
Quote:
She was supposed to keep her mouth shut about that!Mark thought as he walked home from school. What a disaster this day has turned out to be, but oh well, he was almost at Chase’s house now. At least there he could have a bit of fun. Playing video games. Listening to music. Eating junk food. That’s one thing Mark loved about Chase’s house; Chase’s mom always kept the house stocked with the best junk food, and it was all name-brand! His phone ringing snapped him out of his thoughts about how mad he was at Christy. “Hey” he said answering the phone.
What to notice? It’s written in third person. There’s no “I did…” it either uses the character’s name or he [if the character is female, then it would be she]. There’s correct punctuation in the correct places. The right words at capitalized. When the character was talking, quotation marks around his words.
In role plays that aren’t literate, it usually doesn’t matter how you post. [Depends on the role play’s rules though] Some people may post in the literate style, because that’s the way they role play best or are most comfortable with, other people may post in literate style, but in first person instead of third person, or others may just use asterisks for actions.
Example of Literate Style but in First person:
Quote:
She was supposed to keep her mouth shut about that! I thought as I walked home from school. What a disaster this day has turned out to be, but oh well, I’m almost at Chase’s house now. At least there I can have a bit of fun. Playing video games. Listening to music. Eating junk food. That’s one thing I love about Chase’s house; Chase’s mom always keeps the house stocked with the best junk food, and it’s all name-brand! My phone’s ringing snapped me out of his thoughts about how mad I am at Christy. “Hey” I said answering the phone.
Asterisk Action Style:
Quote:
*Thinks she’s supposed to keep her mouth shut about that! And walks home from school* *cell phone rings* *says hey*
Also, if the role play is not literate, you may be allowed to use chat-speak or leet.
An example of this is:
Quote:
U r supposed to B gone by 2morrow! i dunno y u even want to but w/e nvm it doesn’t even matter n-e more so yeah.
And a semi-literate role play may be just like a literate role play, except have no minimum most length, or it may be a mixture of literate and un-literate styles.
Again, all these styles will vary on how the creator of the role play wants the role play to be designed, but this is can give you a general idea to get you started off.
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