Hi! I was the starter anon from earlier. Thank you for the resources provided! I had a follow-up question, though, or looking for advice more so? When it comes to beginner pkmnirl blogs, would you recommend starting with a more no to low stakes blog? If so, how would you recommend keeping those types of blogs engaging? Happy birthday, btw!
I would typically recommend a lower stakes blog to start yeah. High stakes used to be a much larger thing than it is these days, with a lot of organizing from multiple blogs to pull off arcs. While I think things have become more relaxed as time has gone on I do still think that higher stakes requires more planning and experience, even if you're the only blog really involved. I generally say write a couple lower stakes arcs to get a feel for things and to garner an audience, and then you can move into higher stakes once you feel comfortable. Blogs don't have to be strictly one thing and perpetual high stakes blogs can find it difficult to maintain momentum. In reality even high stakes blogs engage in low stakes events from time to time to keep things fresh.
As far as keeping blogs engaging I find just posting regularly can do wonders, but that ultimately my priority has always been making friends as opposed to having an audience in the traditional sense. Part of that is I focus more on engaging regularly with other people's stuff, even if its just reading and liking posts. Sending asks and responding to posts is what I do when I have enough spoons and is by far the most rewarding for me. I guess my main advice with a roleplay blog is its a two way street with interactions, if you aren't reaching out to other people then it's harder to find people who will reach out to you.
A recent thing I've been doing for my own enjoyment has been mini arcs! Things that aren't necessarily big overarching plotlines but just little snippets of things a character does regularly. Having a couple off-screen characters can help flesh these out too, so don't be afraid to make coworker and friend characters that pop up from time to time. Give them their own tags so people can get a little context when they pop back up. It helps make things feel more alive and gives you things to fall back on between larger writing projects.
Also thank you for the birthday wishes! ^^