WTT: [RP]

We here at WTTRP have mentioned communication more times than we’ve run Naxx. We cannot stress enough how important it is to communicate (and communicate WELL) with the people in your circle. Despite our posts, and beliefs, communication is not the most important aspect of RP. I believe that there is a [...]

Tags: advice, factors, feathermoon, how to, RP, RP workshop

When you’re creating a character, it’s often easy to think about the traits that make him cool to hang out with, or to figure out what abilities she prides herself on.  But what about the things that make her feel self-conscious or insecure?  What does your character dread will get pointed out about him?
These can [...]

Tags: backstory, character development, fleshing out, insecurities, RP

Fellow Feathermooninite and fantastic blogger, Ovistine, tweeted her frustrations regarding a topic that many an RP has faced: Godmodding. This is the practice of forcing another character into a thought, or behavior, against their will. Common examples of this can be found in FlagRSPs:
“As you gaze upon Pretty Pretty Princess, you are [...]

Tags: ABV, and listen, collaborate, communicate, godmodding, how to, ice is back, questions, tweet, twitter, with a brand new mission

So things happen in game life that we can’t count on. Sometimes people have to suddenly cancel their accounts, sometimes there are disagreements between players that we can’t anticipate, sometimes people decide they’d rather do other things than roleplay with their game time. How do we pick our characters up and recover from [...]

From all the rumblings I’ve heard on Feathermoon, it seems that 3.3 dropped at just the right time. End game content, specifically the Tourney, had been played out. Thanks to Fall of the Lich King raiders–including RP-Radiers–have new content to throw themselves into. The patch is a booster shot: It is [...]

Tags: baby all you need is a shot in the arm, character development, development, not so random lyrics, RP, RP workshop, tagging up the wazoo, wilco lyrics, working with your circle

A few months ago I talked a bit about the slow reveal, which can be summed up as “Don’t go spilling your deepest darkests in the very first scene.  Give people a reason to care about them (and your character!) first.”
But what happens when you’re on the receiving end of the infodump?  How do you [...]

As we have said countless times, RP has more to do with interaction than solo production. Our clever readers may ask, “But Bricu, isn’t the process of writing Fic a solo activity?” The really clever readers respond:
“Writing is not a solitary process.”
Let’s face it, even when planning how you are going to do [...]

Tags: fic, how to, Tips and Tricks, World of Warcraft, world of warcrfact, writing

So you’re reaching the finish line of a fic you’ve been working on for days, and you find yourself with no earthly clue how to end it.
Or you find yourself staring at the start of a document, knowing that somewhere in that blank space is a kickass scene waiting to happen, but you have no [...]

Tags: writer's block, writing

NPCs — non-player characters — offer a unique way to flesh out your RP characters.  It gives others an opportunity to see your character from a different perspective — how do his close friends see him?  What does her superior officer say about her? Did she get her sharp tongue from her mother?
You might introduce [...]

Tags: NPCs, RP Tips

When you make a new character for WoW, how much do you know about that character and how much do you discover about that character? Some RPers write volumes upon volumes of their character’s life before character creation. Other players let the RP they involve themselves determine what occurred before they entered the [...]