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Roleplaying and the Variety Thereof

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Let's be honest here, there is a lot of variety when it comes to roleplaying. Some people use roleplaying to create fanfictions in their favorite universes. Others only create original worlds and characters. Some roleplay by rolling dice and sitting in a group talking. Others write and decide things completely on their own (with whoever they are roleplaying with of course). Some participate in worlds where one person is the "Lord of the Story" and dictates what all minor characters, creatures, weather conditions, and whatever else do. Others share responsibility equally with their fellow writers and together decide where the story will go, what the weather is like, so on and so forth. Some write in script format, others in novel, others act it out in real life! The list of differences can go on and on and on. My point is, roleplaying varies from person to person, and it can be a little difficult sometimes to figure out which kind of roleplay works for you. I have a theo

Helping your Character have a Voice.

Hey guys! theapprentice here! Second post! BOOYA! XD So today, we are going to be talking a bit about giving you characters a voice. And it’s not as much their actual voice , but more the way they speak that we’re discussing. So lets say you have a character that…. had a british accent! Or maybe he’s chinese! Australian, German, Scottish, just someone with a freaking awesome accent! How do you go about writing that? Well, off the top of my head I can think of two general ways. Fake it till you make it. No kidding guys. I do this quite a bit in the roleplay physicogiggles and I are doing right now ( Apocalypse ). I have this chinese character named Sano. He grew up in what used to be China and has a pretty freaking thick accent. -_-’ No kidding guys, sometimes I regret making him talk like that. BUT! In the end it is worth it! (plus that’s just the way he is, so what am I gonna do about that? ;) ) I’m just suggesting to you guys to “fake it”, as in just spell the words they

Roleplaying and Writing Memes...just because. ;)

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No post this week, but I thought that you all might like to enjoy some of the memes that I've found relating to roleplaying, writing, or geeking out in general that I thought were pretty fun. Let me know what you think or what others of your favorites are! -Psychogiggles http://www.ironrealms.com/role-playing-text-games-five-ways-to-start-role-play-in-a-mud http://www.geneticanomaly.com/RPG-Motivational/slides/roleplaying.html http://justablink.deviantart.com/art/Roleplaying-Group-363530575 http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3tx4mt http://lunaticpoet.com/its-all-ambers-fault/ http://roleplayproblems.tumblr.com/ Adhttp://brokenmirrorblog.com/2014/03/21/taking-a-break-writing-memes/ http://jessica-rising.com/2012/02/27/in-stasis/ http://heartfeltdevotionals.com/2014/05/ And if you're having some trouble getting motivation to write... http://www.quickmeme.com/Supernatural-You-should-be-writing http://www.quickmem