So, this guide is just for anybody who, such as myself, often finds it hard to start topics or to make first posts. This guide can also help for any post, really, but is generally for topic-starting.
So, as far as I am concerned, there are 4 primary details one must cover when starting a topic.
1. Setting: So, this part is the most important in a first post. Describe the location you and your fellow RPers are in. Is it a large forest with gnarled trees? Or perhaps a wide valley. Try to be detailed, but anything is good. As long as you tell us were you are.
2. Appearance: This can be quite important in RPs. Describe what your character is wearing. It can help immerse people in an interesting RP setting.
3.Thoughts: This one's a biggie. Describe your character's opinions on things. Does he like this place? Does he agree with that statement someone just made?
4. Actions: This is simple enough. Just describe what someone does. Try to be creative, yet give others something to react to.
Here is an example:
The Dark Man stood atop a gnarled root of a tree. The mist of the swamp hindered his sight, and the scent of morning dew welcomed his senses. What plants he could make out with his limited range were small, sharp bushes with few possessing strangely coloured fruit. Birds cooed in the distance, and crickets bickered. He was garbed in dark black robes, as pitch black as midnight. His skin was blemished by an assortment of moles along his cheeks, and spectacles rested on his wide nose. The swamp was lonely and cold. There were much preferably places to be then out here, but alas, such was a place he found himself stuck. He began to move, an interloper on a strange and foreign land, navigating through unknown trails and paths, beating through bushes and wading through swamps.
So, as far as I am concerned, there are 4 primary details one must cover when starting a topic.
1. Setting: So, this part is the most important in a first post. Describe the location you and your fellow RPers are in. Is it a large forest with gnarled trees? Or perhaps a wide valley. Try to be detailed, but anything is good. As long as you tell us were you are.
2. Appearance: This can be quite important in RPs. Describe what your character is wearing. It can help immerse people in an interesting RP setting.
3.Thoughts: This one's a biggie. Describe your character's opinions on things. Does he like this place? Does he agree with that statement someone just made?
4. Actions: This is simple enough. Just describe what someone does. Try to be creative, yet give others something to react to.
Here is an example:
The Dark Man stood atop a gnarled root of a tree. The mist of the swamp hindered his sight, and the scent of morning dew welcomed his senses. What plants he could make out with his limited range were small, sharp bushes with few possessing strangely coloured fruit. Birds cooed in the distance, and crickets bickered. He was garbed in dark black robes, as pitch black as midnight. His skin was blemished by an assortment of moles along his cheeks, and spectacles rested on his wide nose. The swamp was lonely and cold. There were much preferably places to be then out here, but alas, such was a place he found himself stuck. He began to move, an interloper on a strange and foreign land, navigating through unknown trails and paths, beating through bushes and wading through swamps.
