Illiterate to Literate - a role play school

[Make_a__Scene]

{Let's Make A Scene

Hello, all. Make_a__Scene here. I have many nicknames, but Scene and Sofa are most common. I'm not too particular, so you may call me whatever trips your trigger.

{Who are you and what credentials do you have that will help me?
I am a male college student living in the OC, renting a house with his three best bros. I have been role playing (and writing) since I was 10. (That's twelve whole years!) I started off my role playing experience on a site called Neopets, back before they were owned by Nickelodeon. After that I bounced around a few forums that friends made, as well as an author's forum that had a role playing section for a while. Within that time period I went through several stages of writing. When I was 10 I used chatspeak all over my one-liner posts; I had many, many, mary-sue-type characters, and I was obsessed with making completely unrealistic characters. After that little phase I shifted to the other extreme. Purple prose everywhere. My prose was so purple that it might as well have been violet. Then I started really reading books. And I started reading amateur authors. I discovered that what I was doing was incredibly excruciating to read. So I stopped. I started writing in my own voice. How I would speak if I were the character I was portraying. And by the time I took my first creative writing class in high school, I could recognize things in other people that I myself did (or was still doing). I was always pretty hard on myself when it came to my writing, but I didn't actually start really critiquing myself until I was a junior in high school. I'm capable of writing single posts in the thousands of words range. However, I strongly believe in quality over quantity; there's no need to sacrifice the quality of your post just to meet a word length requirement. Saying what you need to say in as few words as possible is a nice skill to have.

{What are your classes?
I've been hired to Develop Believable Characters [late teens to thirties], Develop Younger, Out of the Norm Characters, and Critique Work. Please note that I will be offering critique/constructive criticism in all of my classes.

{Developing Believable Characters [late teens to thirties]
There's nothing wrong with wanting to play a character that has unusual qualities. It doesn't make you or your character a "special snowflake". What it comes down to is if you're being realistic about it. In this course I will help you with all aspects of your character: appearance, personality, history, medical history (including disorders and diseases), and dialogue.
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{Developing Younger, Out of the Norm Characters
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people write younger characters that either sound too mature for their age or too young for their age. This course is designed to find that balance so that you become comfortable playing a character with a difficult age. In addition, I will also help you with all aspects as stated above.
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{Critiquing Work
I am always happy to critique work, role playing or otherwise. Please note that my critiques stretch beyond simply editing for proper spelling and grammar (although I will also provide that service, of course). I critique your piece as a whole, including content, themes, vocabulary/word choice, and subtext. I do not sugarcoat my criticisms. I will not, however, completely just rip into your piece and tear you apart, unless, of course, you request this. I always offer up positives along with the negatives, because I know how hard it is to accept a critique when you feel like all of your hard work is just getting beaten into the ground. Please remember that whatever I say in my critique, I am saying to help you grow into a better writer.
[As a side note, I'm a psychology student, so if you have any questions about role playing that are psychologically inclined - mental disorders, child development, drugs and the brain, human social behaviour, etc - feel free to direct them to me.]
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I look forward to teaching you, lovelies.

[- serendipity]

coding & characters
gone from this to this

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ａ ＤＩＣＴＩＯＮＡＩＲＹ ｏｆ ＳＯＮＤＥＲＭＥＮＴＳ

- -introductions ;;

+ hello c: my name is sonder but you can call me dessie.
+ i'm a teenage girl and live in the uk [ so i go by gmt ].
+ i've been roleplaying since 2010 and am a literate rper.
+ i write, read, watch tv and youtube and procrastinate.
- -my tutoring ;;

+ i'll be offering classes on coding, developing believable
characters and how to grow into a literate roleplayer.
+ i'll do both group classes and onexone classes - slots
will open and close depending on how busy i am.
+ i can teach from how to code basically to being able
to code elaborately. i can teach you to develop your
character from just a name, gender and age into a
realistic and believable character. i can teach you how
to write two paragraphs instead of two lines.
- -my classes ;;

+ i will take on 3 people in every group class but there will
only be 1 slot open - each - for the single classes.
+ group: coding [ 0/3 ], development [ 0/3 ], literate [ 2/3 ]
+ onexone: coding [ full ], development [ full ], literate [ full ]
+ currently: [ open | closed | wip ]

[n a v y . blue]

ＨＥＬＰＦＵＬ ＬＩＮＫＳ

ｊｕｓｔ ｉｎ ｃａｓｅ ｙｏｕ ｎｅｅｄ ｔｈｅｍ

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dictionary.com

thesaurus.com

glitter-graphics.com

fontmeme.com

caution to the wind

online gradient generator

hex-code custom generator

copy and paste characters

fsymbols

messletters

favim

tumblr

free online picture resizer

lunapic.com

veer fonts.com

weheartit.com

the voyager: gif and character help

face claim masterlist [best one i've found]

role play rules on cs

the rp school [more reading]

semi-lit + club

critique corner

free-to-use creation shell/guide

more links to come!

[n a v y . blue]

ＯＰＥＮ / ＣＬＯＳＥＤ

k i'm starting this
you guys with me?

[Starsought]

ＵＳＥＲＮＡＭＥ: Rockriver
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＷＩＴＨ: coding
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＦＲＯＭ: phenomenon, sonder, or n a v y . blue, one-on-one
ＭＹ ＥＸＡＭＰＬＥＳ: click, click, and click

[mint.]

ＵＳＥＲＮＡＭＥ: mint.
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＷＩＴＨ: HTML & CSS & optional PHP --- do not confuse with BBCode.
moderate to advanced HTML, basic (to advanced, maybe) CSS and possibly PHP.
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＦＲＯＭ: anyone with such knowledge, one-on-one
ＭＹ ＥＸＡＭＰＬＥＳ: N/A

[ i dont use dreamweaver, would be great if you use Notepad++ ]

[glass]

ＵＳＥＲＮＡＭＥ: Glass
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＷＩＴＨ: Coding, developing descriptions
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＦＲＯＭ: phenomenon and n a v y . blue
ＭＹ ＥＸＡＭＰＬＥＳ: none, I'm starting from the bottom

[n a v y . blue]

@ Rockriver -- I'd be happy to help. Pm me?

@ Glass -- I can help with both. Pm me?

@ mint. -- I don't know how to do php, HTML, CSS but I'm good at research and can probably find a site or tutorial if that would help.

[FireFilly]

ＵＳＥＲＮＡＭＥ: H o r s e L o v e ღ (Used to be TotallyHorseMAD)
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＷＩＴＨ: Coding and developing plots and characters.
Ｉ ＮＥＥＤ ＨＥＬＰ ＦＲＯＭ: Phenomenon?
ＭＹ ＥＸＡＭＰＬＥＳ: http://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=1859390<-- That is my Roleplay that I made.

[phenomenon]

@Rockriver/Glass; I am currently not accepting coding class students just yet due to some real life obstacles.
I will, however, be able to teach them later on.

To Glass -- But for now, I can teach developing characters.
Unless you would prefer n a v y . blue to teach you (which is completely fine ^^).

@TotallyHorseMAD; Hello. c:
It'd be my pleasure to help you out. ^-^

I'm not currently open to teach coding* (sorry, auto-correct misspelled that) classes just yet.
(I'm a little too busy with real life stuff for coding, haha. My apologies)
BUT, I can help you out with developing plots and developing characters.
And after we are finished with that, I'll most likely be able to help you out with coding.
PM me when you get the chance. cx

@mint.; I would love to help you out with some HTML and possibly a little PHP, but right now, life is making it a little hard for me to teach indepth coding classes. D: My apologies.
I'm sure navy would do just fine. cx