What is your average length / word count regarding roleplay replies? does the length of your partner’s replies matter or is important to you?
Honestly, I tend to get overly verbose and tend to escalate replies larger and larger and larger as they go back and forth XD I’m the type that tends to be very thorough and really chew the scene rather than pare things down to be as concise as one might in a more thoroughly edited work. For this kind of freestyle roleplay it’s important to me to cover all the ground of the things that my muse feels, thinks, sees and does, and to react properly to all the stimulus my partner’s given me.
So often I’ll end up matching or up the size of a post just because i’m trying to cover everything, but I wouldn’t say it’s especially important that they do the same; if someone’s able to give a meaningful, provocative response in far fewer words, it’s just as well as something longer; I just tend to err on the latter side myself.
What subjects / genres do you find yourself becoming the most passionate about when you’re writing?
I like really getting into the mindset of the characters I write, and I find when I’m able to catch onto things that really resonate with them; strong central themes of their lives, things that bother them specifically, running trends of their behaviour, I find I get really thorough in exploring those sides of the characters. I like to get to those key facets of their personality or their history and the way they do things.
As for like ‘genres’ I can’t really say for sure, I’m a fan of a variety of different genres and presentations, but I think stepping back a bit for genre the stories and characters I appreciate most, and the ones that encourage me to write about or for are those that are really trying to explore a deeper meaning and connection between characters and events, where they have a natural relation to each other rather than serving as window dressing for a plot structure.
Are there any writing habits others may have that you find frustrating or exhausting?
I can’t really say there are any things especially that aren’t already considered general faux-pas, I feel like I’m pretty tolerant of various different styles? Or
If there’s anything I’d say it’d be like, secretive writing. Like if you’re writing around things and trying to withhold them from your partner to surprise them or what not; I think in this style of collaborative writing it can be fun to have secrets between your characters that you need to explore, but if there’s ever like, unsaid things beneath the surface of posts that aren’t really mutually understood it can be a bit annoying to work with.
It’s strange because you just can’t really accurately write a character not knowing something believably if you don’t know what it is yourself; you don’t have anything to act on so you’re just waiting for the other person to dangle hooks out to you rather than being able to be proactive.
So that’s what I think I’d say. It’s great to have in character secrets and misunderstandings, but I think it’s important to use context, setting, the rest of the post to establish and key in to those things and make sure you’re writing cooperatively instead of competitively.
