Hello, it's zippyzoo77 here. Before I do anything else, I think you should know a bit more about me. For starters, I like to go by Zippy, so if you don't like using full usernames, there's a short version that I would be glad to see you use. I am not inclined to give away my age, however I will tell you that I am still in highschool. I love to read books, mostly focusing on the fantasy and sci-fi books. As to my preferances to television, I enjoy mystery, drama, and of course, science fiction. Some of my favorite shows are Fringe, Star Trek, Stargate, The Mentalist, Sherlock, and Doctor Who. And yes, I do tend to obsess over things.
I've been roleplaying for four years now, but only in the last three would I count myself among the Semi-literate roleplayers. For the most part in actual roleplays, I mirror post, and do equal amounts of text as everyone else, however I am capable of writing a whole lot more than I often do. I love making new characters, as well as roleplaying some of the older ones that I've had for a long time. As for what I like to roleplay, the possibilities are too numerous to name all of. However, I frequently enjoy roleplaying warrior cats, book or television based (though take note that I only roleplay OCs.), medieval, and magic roleplays. One thing that I love to do is to make my own roleplays, which is not a skill that everyone on CS has. That is why I am here.
So now what you're probably most interested in, the classes I'll be teaching.
Basic Roleplay CreationThis class will focus on forming the basic elements that every roleplay should have, and is geared toward the less literate students. It will not include much coding, but it will give anyone who takes it a good idea of how to start and run their own roleplay. If you are interested in taking it, please sent me a PM, or post it here, and we will get to work right away. It will also help with the basic parts of running a roleplay such as keeping your roleplays active, advertizing, and keeping it organized. This is basicly the crash course, so if you've never run a roleplay before, this is where to start!
Roleplay DesignThis class will focus on perfecting the way a roleplay looks, including things such as how it is organized and any catchy pictures you may want to add to the front page of a roleplay. It will also involve a lot of coding, and some detail work on the sections of your roleplay. It is perfered if you could already have the basics of your roleplay all worked out. This class is geared toward students that are closer to semi-literate already, but less advanced students will also be able to get a lot from this class. This class can be melded with Basic Roleplay Creation once you grasp the basics, if you should so please. It will also deal with advertizing.
What a beautiful post.This class is made to help you figure out how to code a post so that it looks pretty, but still obeys all CS image rules. Lots of Semi-literate and higher roleplays require some sort of coding for posts, and this quick class will help you figure out your own style of doing this.
Kid CharacterDon't know how to roleplay a 12 year old? 10 year old? 7 year old? Or goodness forbid, a 3 year old? That's what this class is for. It will help you not only develop believable kids, but also play them so they sound like kids. If you can't do teens, I can work with that too, but I have yet to meet anyone here who can't pull that of.
Men.Ever wanted to do a roleplay really bad, but had there only be male spots left? Ever been asked to "play a guy too" and not know what to do? Well, I can help with that, in this course we will be doing just that, playing guys. I will help you learn all the things to do, and things not to do when playing guys. All ages of characters suitable, whatever you are most comfortable with.
Women.Read the description for the class "Men." and replace everything masculine with it's feminine counterpart. That's what this class is for, roleplaying girls accurately.
Developing CharactersThis class will focus on all the elements of creating brand new characters. Starting with forms, all the way through to actually using them.
How many characters can you play?Ever wanted to play more than one character in a roleplay, but not known how to do well? This class will help you learn to play multiple characters in a believable, practical, and fun way.
Recently, I have decided that I have several different ways I will run my classes. If you are requesting me as a teacher, I would love if you could add which kind of class you want.
PM based: These classes will be run as a series of tasks completed and submitted through PM.
Critique based: These classes will also take place over PM, however they will involve you submitting and editing something you have already started such as a roleplay or character form.
1x1 based: Ideal for the busy student, these classes will be a 1x1 forum roleplay in which we will work on both creation and roleplay skills. This will involve extended time, so you are expected to stick around at least until you are confident in your abilities in the subject matter.
Group based: Should I have more than one interested student in a course or in several compatable courses, I will begin a group thread for both classmate critiqued roleplay and teacher critique/suggestions from me. Note that there will be a maximum of two group slots, but each may have people learning different skills. For example: someone could be learning men while another person is learning multiple characters and a third is working on development. Each group slot can contain up to four students. One will be for animals, the other for humans.
Available spots! (and the classes they work for):
PM based (pretty posts, developing characters, basic roleplay creation)
~life.lite for basic roleplay creation and pretty posts
~Bri-Lane for character development
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Critique based (pretty posts, developing characters, basic roleplay creation, advanced roleplay creation)
~miss randomness for roleplay design, pretty posts, and character creation
~open
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1x1 based (kid characters, men, women, multiple characters, pretty posts, developing characters)
~open
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Group based (kid characters, men, women, multiple characters, pretty posts, developing characters, basic and advanced roleplay creation)
~animals (4 spots open)
~humans (4 spots open)
So now that you've got info on what I will be offering, I highly encourage you to join my classes, as well as the other instructor's classes, since it will all help you improve your writing in one way or another. If you want advise on anything to do with making a setting other than Earth, I can also help there. Shoot me a PM.
