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[Pandle]

It's exactly that. There have been so many instances of joining a "literate" titled rp only to find that the several paragraphs written by most members are in fact of poor quality. I don't need to know about your character sitting down half a dozen times in the same language, writing should be expressive and capture not only the mood of the scene but the clashes a real person may face.
All to often people forget realism in their posts, even fantasy themed threads will require you to call upon experience for inspiration.



literacy (ˈlɪtərəsɪ)

— n
1. the ability to read and write
2. the ability to use language proficiently


I think it's a failing of the second that we face largely these days.

[rose;]

I shouldn't have doubted pan was in the club. xP hai pan!

I don't really stress about my abilities. I use to, I suppose. I use to freak out the moment someone said you're not literate enough, or said my form wasn't good enough. I don't anymore, mostly because I've just gotten a bit more confident in myself and my writing. I like the characters that I've developed, and I don't care if someone else thinks they're terribly Mary Sue, because I know they're unique and I've given them flawS
I also don't mind when someone says I'm not literate enough any longer. I just sort of shrug it off, because I know I'm capable of a 3500 word post with no fluff, an I've done it before. Most my posts are around 1000 words, and I don't think I'm 'fluffy'
And forms? Hate 'em. I also don't think they're a good judge of literacy AT ALL so I typically just avoid them. If someone is so centered around a pretty form that they wouldn't take a writing sample, then I don't want to be in their role-play anyway, really.
I do stress out about replies sometimes, but mostly because I can't do it in a timely manner, not for what's actually in the post. But, most my partners are quite patient.
And for me, role-playing at a literate level is way more fun than anything else I did. I do not want to go back to writing only a few sentences, even if it did mean I could reply faster.

[Noel]

^I'm all for the club-illiterate RP. <3 An Rp with a lower stress load would be wonderful. Besides, even if we're all writing a lot less then we normally do, considering it's us it'll be a bit more high quality then one's typical illiterate RP. Not to mention I don't think I would she the horrid thing known as 'textspeak' in an RP from people here. xD

Anyways, an illiterate RP is all that I have time for what with chaotic life, and Mission Tanha's return.

[- serendipity]

it feels like i've stumbled upon a roleplay confessional or something...and now i have i'm going to put my own confessions in there.

when i first joined i was more of a writer than a roleplayer. i still am really. my friend introduced me and at first i was just on here for the pets. then i started joining some illiterate wolf roleplays. and i loved it. i just wrote sentence posts and the roleplay progressed, even if it was a bad plot. i enjoyed it because it moved quickly, action and love happened and although it wasn't as close knit as this, it was something where i felt i was included. it was nice. i wasn't stressing or anything and the forms were the easiest thing. name, age, gender, crush, boyfriend/girlfriend, sexuality, short history and like a five word personality. now i'm high semi-lit+ and forms are hard. i don't have the time to write a five paragraph personality that no one is going to even read completely and even if they do, they'll never look at it again. i'm worried about creating mary-sues, paranoid that someone might not like the character and just have to go along with it. i don't reread throug my posts (just the last sentence really) and so if i make a mistake it's usually because i'm typing to quickly, not because i don't know what it is. now i've only been declined once and it was when i was very illiterate and tried out for a very literate roleplay because then i didn't really understand illiterate and semi-lit and literate etc.

i'm not worried about being declined because i've guess i've only been declined once and i know why. and i've only ever declined people was when they were trying out for a high semi-lit roleplay and others who were more literate were asking for the same spot. now i'm actually good semi-lit i feel as if i'm not good enough or posting enough when i only have the time to write a paragraph or so and i have so much more muse left in me. i post and then no one posts for ages after that and i feel as if i've done something wrong or something.

being literate is fun but only when you know the people you're roleplay with and they know you may not be able to write four paragraphs with ten sentences each every time. i've only ever roleplayed on cs (and for a very short period another site set up by a cs user) and in the beginning it was illiterate roleplays that went miles and now i'm high semi-lit and i'm joining roleplays that demand high levels of quality and quantity and then they die before it's even started. it's like everyone runs out of energy but then hey, they're creating a new roleplay too that's going to have the same fate. i haven't made a roleplay in ages because i'm sure it will die before it's got everywhere as well as the fact people not like the plot i have or join or anything. i'm currently in thirteen roleplays (onexone and groups) and they're all semi-lit+. i love the plots and the people i'm doing them with but it's hard to keep semi-lit+ for every one of those thirteen roleplays. then it dies because i didn't get a reply up in time or something.

an illiterate roleplay would be good for all of us i think; it'd be kind of a refuge away from all the energy we exert in typing up really long replies. any plot ideas?

aren't you guys proud of me? i've finished 6/7 of my onexone replies and i've still got today to go! everyone in this club (that i'm in a onexone with) has a reply from me ;3

[ωιитєяfℓу]

Hurmm, I've had an idea for a RP. It's a miracle, I never get ideas any more. Now, whether or not I can actually create it is a whole different story.

I'm thinking maybe six spots, an elemental RP. So, fire, water, air, earth, and a couple of other things I need to think about. Basically, they've been recruited by a guy. They don't know whether he's good or bad, but he asks them to do varying quests - or he'll tell the world about them.
The world itself is very anti-change. Anything that isn't ordinary is shunned, or, if it's people, they're attacked. It's a hard place to live in, and keeping their powers secret is almost impossible for these six. They received them in a radioactive lab leak.

And that's all I have so far. >.> Anyone interested? If so, then I can expand on it, and maybe create it if I feel I have the time.

Very proud of you iri <3 I'll get a reply up soon, I've got a bunch I've got to do first though. >.>

[Pandle]

Burning! C: *snugs*

Amen to that sister.
I always offer a form (or ask that people use their own) or send a roleplay sample if they do not wish to spend forever and a day working on a form which they'll likely never reference to once the story begins. I mean, there. is. no. point. I did as you used to do, although no one ever said i wasn't literate enough, i just find that a lot of semi-literate role plays are never that. They just harbour a group of illiterate people in disguise with pretty forms and then, when the masks are off, it isn't such a pretty site.
I far rather find a few people to have good fun with in 1x1's these days than faff around with groups. Although, that said, вorderlιne oвlιvιon - lιтeraтe - holds a lot of promise. It still needs two more people to join before we can start however and i would be eternally grateful to whoever joined.

When i want a bit of a mind break i just find a nice little warrior cat roleplay to snuggle into; they rarely last long and even the literate warrior roleplays aren't too stressful. If anyone is looking for a warrior roleplay there's a promising one opened yesterday that still wants a few members, if you're interested drop me a pm.

edit; Try•and•Fly, I would so join.

[ωιитєяfℓу]

Although, that said, вorderlιne oвlιvιon - lιтeraтe - holds a lot of promise. It still needs two more people to join before we can start however and i would be eternally grateful to whoever joined.
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edit; Try•and•Fly, I would so join.

Ah, thank you c: Please, call me Trifle - people around here have begun calling me that~
And I've just PMed Fate about a spot for that, thanks for bringing it to my attention! c:

[rose;]

I saw that role-play the other day, since I know pretty much everyone in it, I was going to join.
But... I think you guys would hate me for slow replies and I didn't understand the plot, and it was only the 'bad' guys open. So I'll pass xP
And and btw pan I'll have a reply for you today!

And once I get my role-plays sorted out as to which I'm still in and which I'm leaving/have died, I want to set up a warriors one, at a more relaxed level. Maybe two paragraphs about?
I need plot ideas, and I need someone to participate in a forbidden love with me because I have it all thought out already from a different one xD

And I may be setting up a more released level terra nova role-play on the awesome sauce forum.

[- serendipity]

i created that nickname! and take as long as you need ;3 i know i took ages xD

i would join trifle...but i'm in far too many roleplays at the moment and i don't want to overwhelm myself, especially as i'm going back to school soon and i've got two extra projects i've been picekd to do for school and then one everyone is doing. i'm going to be really busy. it is a really good idea though, so keep at it c:

finished my Darwin Academy form. finished my i knew you were trouble form. working on first post for the latter and then i'm going to do my form for summer souls and then my reply for my last onexone. i need food; to the fridge.

[ωιитєяfℓу]

Hahaa, yes you did c: And it's fine, it's something I'm really into so I'm trying to get everything done so I can write it. It's just I have many characters for this one RP and I'm running out of muse for them. And getting distracted. It's actually quite fun c:

Ah, shame~ It may not happen for a while, too many things to do~ And I too have stuff I should be doing for school... I'll do it when I've finished these posts and stuff~