The Roleplay Cafe

Aside from being a memorable line from Hamlet or the name of a play about monkeys by David Ives, this blog title refers to those little things that make writing what it is: words. Think about it, the words in a book, play or movie, can really influence how you feel about the story. They either drag you in, or make you wonder if what you are reading was written by a kindergartener. The correct combination of words can make you laugh, cry, bang your head against the wall, whatever the author wants, as long as they are used correctly. Well, I guess the wrong combination of words can make you laugh, but that doesn’t work very well if the response the author wanted was to pull at your heartstrings a bit. The biggest problem that I personally have with words is repetition. I tend to use the same words over and over again because my vocabulary is so incredibly limited that I cannot think of any word to replace the “smiled” that I write almost every other post. Sometimes I actually ha...

Hey guys! It's thegreatonesapprentice here! So this is my first official post on this blog, and I sat and wondered just what to write about for the longest time! So. I called a conference in my head and sat everyone (all MY characters) down and asked what I should do. And after much debate and hearing out each person present, I decided to talk a bit about characters in general! psychogiggles already touched on the subject of listening to your characters in her post "Listening to the Voices in Your Head" . But! What about bringing the dears into existence in the first place? Well, that can be a trick, or easy as pie, depending on who the character is (in my personal experience). So I'm just going to tell you guys how I usually bring characters to life, okay? (And keep in mind. Sometimes I don't do it like this) 1. Start them out with something small or insignificant. Now again, this is just how I do it most of the time! I've found that most of my fa...