RP Guidebook

[Demetrius Caldwell]

Index!

• Basics
  Speach and Thought
  Difference between IC and OC
  Style of Writing
  Good VS Bad
  Punctuation and Grammer
  
  
• In Depth
  Setting the Feel
  Your Characters Feelings
  Adding communication and thought to the post.
  Wrapping Up
  

[Demetrius Caldwell]

Basics!

• Open, Close, Specific
  If you want to have your RP Closed, in the Subject you should specify that, using [[closed]] is often a way to tell if if it closed or not. Usually if a thread is closed it is because it was a planned thread and doesnt want any interruptions.
  [[open]]
  Means the thread is open for anyone to join.
  [[Demetrius, Open]]
  Means they want a specific character, but it is also free for everyone else to join in too.
  
  
• God-Modding/Power-Playing
  A lot of people find God-Modding extreamly annoying, which I do not blame them for because it can be, you should never God-Mod somebody else's character without there permission, half the time, nobody gives their consent. There are, however, the odd times when people say you can mod their characters, but I have put in a few rules for GModding.
  >> Do not seriously injure the character.
  << Do not mod their characters swooning over yours.
  >> Never ever ever kill them.
  
  Of course, if they are your characters your modding, by all means, injure, swoon or kill them.
  If you want to obviously.
  
  
  
• Speech and Thought
  Possibly two of the things you will use the most. Remember to differenciate how the two come across. Usually, when talking you would put the speech in quotation marks, and thoughts in italics. However, some people have been known to change the colour of the speech. How you do this is your choice, but make sure people know which is which.
  
  
• IC and OC
  OC not being the tv show.
  In character and out of character, everyone knows the difference. Try to keep OC in the OC boards, thankyou!
  
  
• Style of Writing
  Third person, Past tense. No alternative.
  Instead of writing, I walk into the store, write: Demetrius walked into the store. It makes things easier to understand.
  
  
• Good VS Bad
  Good:
  Realistic (as you can be)
  Decent length posts.
  Descriptions
  Fun
  
  Bad:
  Mary bleedin' sue. -demetrius will kill any mary sues-
  One liners -demetrius will gobble you up-
  Non-sensicle posts.
  Boring posts.
  
  
• Punctuation and Grammer
  SPELL CHECK IS YOUR FRIEND!
  I know not everyone has amazing grammer, I dont half the time. But the spell checker is there for a reason and it likes to be used so use it!