CHAPTER ONE-
Improving Post Length and Quality[under construction]
It is common that after a long, impressive post discribing another character's thoughts without providing much actions that provoke response, people are unsure of what to write. Because of this they end up writing a measely post that will make it even hearder for the other person to reply. Many great RPs have ended this way. What do you do to avoid this? Often in a quality literate RP anything below seven sentances would be against the rules (I use five sentences as the rule because otherwise nowadays fewer people would join). What would be the best thing to do would be to add more discriptions of the surroundings, or be creative! Make your own decision about the problem in the plot line and suggest a solution to the group.
Origanal post
Kasta walks around and sees a fruit tree she hasnt eaten in a few days she grabs a few pieces of fruit and heads down to the lake she needed a swim.
My additions, edits and corrections will be in (parenthesis)
better post
Kasta walks around and sees a fruit tree(.)(The fruit looks amazing.) (S)he hasn(')t eaten in a few days(.)(Her stomach growls as she walks to the tree.) (S)he grabs a few pieces of fruit and (takes a bite out of one of them before she) heads down to the lake(
wink she (really) needed a swim. (A warm breeze created small ripples on the water's surface. She notes how the water looks inviting under the hot afternoon sun. She can't wait too feel the cool water on her skin.)
Doesn't that sound much better?
Let's use my example from earlyer now; Someone writes a whole post explaining their thought process, leaving you with no physical reaction. The best reply would be something like;
Example
Korosu wondered about their situation as his friend seemed to stare off into the distance deep in thought. What could they possibly do to escape the demon's clutches? They were not strong enough to fight him physically, so that left them with magic. "What is the demon's weakness? Do you know?" he asked the other boy as they hid in the cave. "He must be weak to some kind of magic." He shivered nervously as the demon created crashings not far from the cave. "Whatever we do, we have to hurry."
If you have some control over the problem if it's a person, that makes it alot easyer to create a longer post. Remember, it's godmoding (see chapter 2) to have another's character do something in your post. If the antagonist is someone else's character, then you might want to have an emotional response to their action with a physical maifestation.
