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I don't know, I feel the random need to start a positive thread probably because I'm on a mood roller coaster today, dang stupid body, so:

What's your favorite part about your writing style?

And if you're feeling generous:
Shout out a partner or two, and what's your favorite part about their writing style?

Let's start with my reply!

Personally, I have a lot of pride in how I write dialogue. I feel like I do a pretty good job at making the characters sound like characters and not just robots (unless, y'know, that's applicable lol)


Shout out to MercyinReach who's prose is always beautiful, and there are a lot of poetic bits in there on occasion that just absolutely tug at my heart strings and I absolutely adore those little bits.

Also to Dndmama who can go from being super concise to having replies that are super long, but whether short or long, her replies are always wonderful in how they portray character, interactions between characters, and feeling.


Super special shout out to Alder's writer who absolutely blows me away with every post they make for our current RP; I'm obsessed with our couple right now who hasn't even gotten past their first scene, but god their writing is absolutely STUNNING

I think I write good strategy descriptions for large-scale armed conflict-

This is a wonderful topic!

Myself:

I really enjoy the emotion I put into posts. Sometimes I doubt it, sometimes I feel like my characters are sterile or robotic but when rereading my posts or even my book again, I realize just how life-like they are, the emotion in them. I recently compiled my novel into an ebook and put it through an app that let's you assign a voice to read it to you, and I listened to it like an audio-book...

For 4 hours.

I didn't want to stop listening to it. It really hit me hard when I realize, I don't want to stop listening to this, it's so good, even though it's 'just' a draft... and I WROTE IT. Seriously gonna tear up now lol.

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Others....

Wooo boy, gonna be more than 2 but I'll try not to go crazy...

Honeyandthemoon...is just...stunning when it comes to emotion in her posts. Our writing styles match so well I think because of how much emotion we put into each post.

You!/Darkcrow.... Pick up on details that a lot of other people don't, small things that my characters mention in dialogue, in their exposition and you tend to seamlessly include information from the past, into posts that even I forgot was a thing. You are incredibly good at making the RP and it's plot more than just exciting, but...real.

Dndmama.... WOO buddy, this mama. This lady. So good. She frequently blows me out of the water with the dialogue, attention to detail and emotional depth in RP; but one rather obscure thing is...I love the way she puts poems into the RP. It's so lovely.

CatalinaRose.... Oh goodness... I just adore how intense and in depth, emotional, she writes her characters. The depth of the character development is just perfect.

Atrevida... There's so much I could say, but the biggest thing is again...if you haven't noticed the recurring theme EMOTION. I love the emotion she puts into the characters; but specifically... I adore the depth in which she thinks about a characters backstory and their interactions with others based on them. The exposition in our rps is sometimes 6 paragraphs long, but I don't mind, it's all so interesting.

Mayiamaru... A new partner, but not super new... One thing I have grown to really love is how they write side characters. It's a little more intense, detailed and what not than I am used to, but sometimes they write side characters so lively and real that it is just a serious delight to read any scene they are in. They make the RP about more than the main two characters, it really feels like a vibrant fleshed out world.

Valestorm... Oh BOY this guy, thisss guyyy, long time RP partner, on a bit of a hiatus, and I miss our RPs so much why? Because they are so emotional, plot heavy, detailed, lively, just amazing. He is so good at pulling you into a scene, making it fun, addicting really.

I would put more and more people if I could but I would go on FOREVER.

My ears are burning....

Me- I'm actually really proud of how well I'm able to flesh out random npcs, even ones I'm forced to throw together off the cuff. I always try to take the time to make them feel like real people with real lives and fleshed out personalities simmering just beneath the surface if you only had the time to stop and get to know them for a while. But please don't cause then I actually would have to flesh them out and that takes work.

As for the writing of others...

Troylocke- Humor. This guy always makes me smile. He's got a great sense of humor and it shines through every post. Until it's time to get serious, of course.

Mercyinreach- Detail. Detail, detail, detail. None of it superfluous. It all adds to the ambiance and feeling of a scene helping to draw the reader in until they're standing right there looking at the character, going on the journey with them.

Darkcrow- Emotion and agency. This person absolutely knows how to impart emotion into their characters. They practically glow with it. Their characters also never feel forced, as if the writer is somehow choosing the path the character takes. These are clearly people with their own wants, needs, desires, choices.

Animewithin- Pathos. I have never cried so often as I have when writing with this writer. But, you know, in a good way. They know just how to tug at the heart strings, even with just a single sentence. It's just beautiful.

If I didn't list you, I still love you. If I wrote about you all I'd be here till kingdom come. I only have so much time in the day. Please don't be mad.

ME: As of lately, I have been a fan of my larger involvement of multiple characters into an RP or an actively growing story! To take original plots or directions for a 1x1 RP, and rope numerous characters from my list into the thick of things, while also developing a more wholesome world around them all. Over all, just making the world feel alive, opposed to constant focus on the originally chosen 1 character!

Shoutouts!

Brahmastra: The one who really helped me develop the very style I have been enjoying! It was through amazing RP's with this beautiful writer that I was able to adopt their own multi directional focus and utilize it for my own writing as well! The results have been amazing, and the RPs with Brahmastra are so intensely packed with interesting faces it is amazing!

Kamui: The most friendly and cheery person ever! Who somehow twists it into some of the darkest and grittiest RPs I have ever had! Their character development is par to none! The importance of constant growth and direction, and how that can become embedded into your characters lore afterwards! One of a kind!

UrbanLady: You want world development? You got it! Not only jam-packing an RP with some amazing faces, but the detail and importance to the whole world around them is utterly astonishing with Lady's writing! The History, Culture, and Active Events within their Groups are ripe unbelievably immersive depth!

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My love to all my fellow RPers too! Give a shout to your besties as well!

Me - IDK. I'm versatile and stuff. And I can sometimes be entertaining, or whatever.

Shoutouts:

Most of my partners are played anonymously, so actually shouting out to specific people on this site is difficult, but there are a few that I'd like to mention. Though it was difficult to narrow it down to just these three.

Juls - This woman is great. She has fantastic ideas and is able to weave spontaneous situations with ease. Her characters are well thought out and are just a delight to collaborate with ICly. You can tell that plenty of thought was put into each and every detail.

Ihavenostaff - Dear word, this dude is just a delight all around! OOCly and ICly, I find myself laughing at our interactions. He is witty and lively and I just enjoy speaking with him.

Wytchrose - They were one of the first people who reached out to me. Actually, I think they were the first person to answer my advertisement for roleplay, therefore they will always have a special place in my heart... right next to the potato salad. Our current situation between my boisterous elf and their adorably sweet mage... Entertaining, to say the least.

I feel confident about writing character backgrounds. I try to build them from a culture and a family framework that would have influenced them, then I keep going until I feel like they all end up having a piece of life in them!


DarkCrow
This is going to be a kudos eventually, but I'm not sure 500 characters will cut it when the time comes. Communicative, creative, unique, detailed, and oh so patient. I love the scene we started but browsing your characters ALWAYS inspires me, I'm trying not to be a glutton with them! I always get excited when I see your art around the site too, it has a distinct style and I get excited all Oh! I know that artist! They did this!

nineforalostgod
What I've seen of Nine's writing so far is charismatic, she writes with such an upbeat energy full of emotion and literary vitality. Out of character, she cracks me UP. She has SUCH a brilliant sense of humor, she's friendly and honest and just such a bright addition to this site.

Bookworm
Book doesn't go half in on anything. She's passionate about writing, that oozes through absolutely everything she does around the site. I am always impressed by her devotion to RP. I feel like I could swim through the information in her character profiles, they're beautiful!

How could I forget about this dude???

Oh right.

Because he's using an anonymous character...

But yeah, Troylocke. Great guy!

I am happy with my ability to create a multitude of very different characters and make them live, and also to weave plots! I wouldn't call it great, since there is always room for improvement, but my writing style right now (one year into roleplay) is a mixture of graphic and introspective, with a major focus on character development, and I am always looking to learn and experiment!

As to a few of my favorite writing styles here (disclaimer: this is not including everyone I love writing with and I have started stories with some amazing and talented people I am very grateful for):

@Demi: always an inspiration, his characters and writing style are multifaceted and layered, complex and lovely, and very human in a deeply touching way; some of the best writing I did was because I was trying to measure up !

@Nile: I feel the emotions he writes, which is amazing! a writer cannot hope for more I think! his characters are very strong and complex, and I am so thrilled to finally get to write with them !

@Sky: many of his characters have a soul I resonate with, and his writing style is raw and powerful, which makes for some amazing stories! much love!

@Krispy: last but absolutely not least, Krispy's style is delightfully playful and fun, with an extremely kind soul brightly shining through; her characters are endearing and often bring a smile on my face !

Me: I tend not to misspell things (if I can help it), I'm not the worst and others don't seem to hate it either so that's cool.

@Somnom : Do not ever let their humble nature fool you Somnom can weave a complex addictive story like no other. Their characters are so real and multifaceted you might swear you know them IRL. Everything they do is so thought out and seems effortless, from word choice that will blow your mind to an absurd amount of continuity. If you are looking to feel as if each RP comes straight oft of a critically acclaimed novel, look no further than the ultra-talented Somnom. TBH I don't even have the words to describe how fantastic they are! I'd need to go back to school just to write something appropriate.

@Mipps : I have only briefly written with Mipps but so far she is absolutely astounding. Her characters are breathtaking masterpieces with so much emotion and individuality that leaks into the story and their writers voice is purely delightful. She plays the things that require so much nuance and manages to not only actually pull it off every time, but make you sit there feeling for a monster about rip your head off. Mipps is by far one of the most talented writers I have met in a long time.

Me: I don’t know if I can put a finger on anything in particular. I guess present a good balance of narrative and dialogue in my posts that seems to feed my co-writers well. I’m quite descriptive and I think it important to pay attention to details.

@KingTai - a very wonderful and articulate writer who meshes well with his co-writers and is a master of the art of characters concurrently posting to overlap each other’s narratives and dialogue.

@DukeKagan a good word flow artist! Seems to be able to keep things going even when I’m having a flat moment in my muse.

I stumbled across this when I did a search for threads about writing styles. I was looking for something on actual writing styles, but this thread is worthy of replying to.

Not sure about promoting my writing style, but I like to think I'm pretty good at paying attention to detail in my co-writer's posts. I like being consistent in the story flow, so I consider it important.

As for some shoutouts, I have to say my partner Dawnia is the one who got me into this roleplay writing hobby. And Jennaisante who I got into my first in-depth character story with. Two others I'd like to mention is Tindra who I've been writing a story with for a couple years, and BriG1023 who I have recently connected with. We mesh well in writing and have begun a really good story between our characters.

I once was digging through an old hard drive and came across some fan fiction and, considering it was well over a decade old, I couldn't remember if I had written it. Due to some contexts in the story itself, I was worried it might be a document from someone I'd cut out of my life, and it had happened to miss the pyre, so I took it to a very old and dear friend to ask if he either remembered, or at least could tell our writing apart.

An hour or so later I get back a message to the effect of: "It's yours. You're funnier than she was."

For a variety of reasons, I happened to be in a bad place mentally when that exchange happened, and it was the nicest thing I felt anyone had ever said about my creative output. So, from then on whenever I write, I always pay special attention to the humor I can possibly add.

For my own, I like to think I try to give every character their own personality and not make them all sound the same.
I also enjoy adding poetic moments but I'm not sure they're enjoyable for others but I like them so deal with it

As for others: Underselling how well Snipe writes in general, adding so much character and little details in the descriptions that are so specific. And yes, funny, but also full of emotion and so so fun to read.
If Snipe wrote a book, I'd eat it up in a week.

Since we're reviving this thread, let's do it properly.

For myself, I tend to doubt myself a lot with the in-between moments and the little details and the dialogue and the etc etc. But, when emotions are high in a scene, when there's a fiery passion lit under my character's bum to show all their emotion and lay it all out, I feel like there's been a few times when I've cooked with really getting across that emotion, not just in the words, but the pacing, the intensity, the structure. I've looked back on a few of my posts in such cases and really felt proud of what I wrote 😅

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For my shout-outs, I have to shout out @drakenheart, when we started we both were a little green, but over the year and a half we were writing for, I saw their writing develop so incredibly well. They were good to begin with, but by god they had come so far in that time that they almost seemed a different person. I hope you're still writing out there somewhere my guy.

Since we're reviving this thread, let's actually do it properly... not that it wasn't done properly in the first place...


I guess the favourite part of my writing style is the way the stories I write helps me develop character histories. I love using the role-plays that, for example, Marionne has been in, to work in bits of history!

Well, the above mentioned Marionne would not have had mochas far as friendships if it weren't for Taylor Adams, written by Stormiedayz. I really liked how their writing style was so easy and comfortable to to fit in with as we made character histories on the fly really. I do need to start a long delayed next chapter for them two...

oh God I meant like let's get the replies going, not that it was done incorrectly I'm sorryyy 😖😖😖

I normally wouldn't talk about my writing style, I don't believe it to be extremely 'good'. Yet I'm said to be relatively agile in describing emotions and feelings, my posts to be vibrant enough to catch the wanted atmosphere described. So one could say that I'm 'proud of that'. What I really love to do is research on the subject. For example I adore an ongoing RP where my doe (Yes I know, always her, Yes I know I always return with same story) is a Geisha in ancient Japan, making it credible through a lot of research. It's just fascinating, and when your RP partner returns same, I'm off, WE are off for unknown destination. Gives me goosebumps only thinking about it.

The most difficult part, even if it is very very simple to enumerate many RP Partner.
I love their enthusiasm, I love their way how they imagine things, are creative... praise, acclaim, eulogy towards all.
But not me to divulge what is written between them and me, not me to divulge names in public (except maybe in kudos, as they procure pleasure to recipient).
So this shout out to all possible or impossible RP Partner: "THEIR writing style merits respect, they are all good in their special way!"