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Old 03-14-2008
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Default Here's Some More Helpful Tips!

4. Music
This is a method that is proven to work. Try listening to music that befits the mood of the roleplay. For example, for a comic-based roleplay, you can listen to The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers, and for a romance, try Can You Feel The Love Tonight, or something. This will indeed affect your writing!

5. Story Direction
It is advisable to have a clear direction for your roleplay. Have a clear idea of where you want your story to go, so that the characters can develop throughout the tale. Have your character learn something, face setbacks, solve problems, anything that changes and moulds your character. At the end of the roleplay, you want your characters to be different from before.

6. Detail
Try to add detail to your posts. Don't only state what your character is doing, describe the surroundings as well, and how your character is doing what he/she is. For instance, instead of just saying Alicia went to sleep, try Alicia's eyelids fluttered. Yawning, she fell back onto her bouncy, pink bed which was decorated with lacy pillows and images of her favourite cartoon character.

Note, these pointers don't simply have to apply to Casual and Advanced Roleplays. Roleplayers of Beginners' Roleplays can use these hints to their advantage too. Even more coming up!
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