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Howdy!

I hope you find some awesome RP here :) Welcome!

A wild Genon appeared!

Welcome, and enjoy your time here! :)

Lavender Radio Tower || Volume 01

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Also, great song. Love it.
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Ah ha! Thank you so much. And yes, I loooove that song.

Lavender Radio Tower || Volume 01

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(Grrr, how do you make the snappy previews show up?)

Post your favorite quotes about writing here.

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

Welcome! I mean Hello.

Welcome :D I hope you enjoy your time here and find amazing, great, mind-blowing RP!

How do *you* get into your characters' heads?

I think it's fascinating that different people work in different ways when it comes to writing creatively. For instance, I rarely have music on when I write. I find that music puts me in a certain mood, and I'd rather let the scene/character dictate that, than an outside stimulus, if that makes sense. I prefer to write in absolute, total silence, as that helps me imagine the setting for my RP much more vividly. If I have music playing, I can't hear the birds, the wheels of the peddler's cart, the howl of the wind.

Another odd thing is that I generally have no idea of what voices sound like in my RP. I don't imagine voices for my characters, nor for anyone they interact with, beyond a vague "pleasant" or "deep" or "feminine". I wish I did. I'd love to hear their voices.

How do *you* get into your characters' heads?

Well, if I were to get into a character, I put myself in that situation as that character, and talk to myself out loud while playing everyone else in that situation. I just act it out, scream, shout, whatever! Heck I even roll in my bed, and act out fight scenes and love scenes (It helps if you have props and costumes). While I'm definitely not an A-list actor, nor am I an actor in general, it really puts me in the mood.

Some roles are like the badass, don't care about nothin', types with deep backstories; others it's the meek and meager, scrawny child, innocent in every way; and others still, the grizzled veteran, sometimes crazy, sometimes PTSD ridden, sometimes just quiet; it all really just comes down to how the scene plays out, and how you've written your character to be like in his background. The tiniest actions from other players can trigger good character to character discussions or just general apathy.

Not sure if this will help you, but it works for me.

@Liotrent

Can we please get a visual example of how you RP out a solo love scene?

I'm kidding ;)

How do *you* get into your characters' heads?

I agree. And that is for both Roleplays and Novels. When the character writes the post/story, not you.

@POOHEAD189

Yes, yes, yes, and yes. When you feel like the character existed already, and is simply finding a voice through you. It's sublime.