Post by Draco Malfoy on May 30, 2007 20:59:42 GMT
For those of you who have never RPed in our house style before, (or indeed RPed before!) we would like to actively encourage you to adapt your writing style to fit in as best as you can with it. We use the 'Asterisk Roleplaying' style, rather than ParaRP, in general.
If you have been used to paraRPing, you may be in the habit of
writing as if it were text from a book. Since RP here is more in Real Time, it doesn't seem right somehow to post paragraphs as if it was in a book and in past tense rather than present. There is no wrong style and that isn't what I'm saying - it's just style consistency with the rest of the members.
Our house style is as follows.
1. Setting a scene or an introduction to your thread.
Please use either small sized text...
- click this button from the posting tags and write 1 instead of the 2
or italicise the paragraph. If you are quoting from another source like the HPL, please put a link in the same small writing as described as above.
2. Actions and descriptions of your character in asterisks, double or single.
You can use variations on this if you wish to, using a colon or hyphen, for example.
Standard:
*Goes into the en suite*
**Goes into the en suite**
Accepted variations:
-Goes into the en suite-
:Goes into the en suite:
~Goes into the en suite~
Do not use brackets as this suggests it’s in OOC.
3. Speech written as normal.
Please make at least one 'return' (soft return) when you are writing speech, to separate it from your action/descriptions.
Other things:
Thoughts in your head, or thinking out loud
Please mention in your post that you are doing this so that people do not think you are talking to them. Then italicise it.
Example:
*thinks to himself*
Damn, that is one fast broom.
Whispers, talking quietly
Again you have to specify that you are doing this and to whom, and use the small size text.
Example:
*whispers to Harry*
What on earth is she talking about?
Colours in posts
You are welcome to use any colours as long as they are legible against the background.
Images in posts
We encourage use of gifs and pictures in your posts to add interest.
Please do not hotlink.
Please use the icons found in the Smilie Box (or their shortcuts) to enhance your posts.
Writing letters/notes
Ideally be italicised. Use the Quill topic icon if you are starting a thread in either post rooms that is a note or a letter.
Message (topic) Icons
Please use the correct and most appropriate 'Message Icon' when you start a new thread. These can be found in a drop down menu under the Subject title field.
In a 'Live' RP you should take your character out of the thread he/she is in.
Replying to a particular person in a fast thread or a thread where many people have posted after the person you are talking to
Please quote them or specify in your post who you are talking to.
Examples of correct posting style:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Obviously it's not possible for staff to go through every post to make sure the house style is being applied correctly, and we won't do that. So we leave it up to you to try your hardest to stick to it as closely as you can.
Many thanks.
If you have been used to paraRPing, you may be in the habit of
writing as if it were text from a book. Since RP here is more in Real Time, it doesn't seem right somehow to post paragraphs as if it was in a book and in past tense rather than present. There is no wrong style and that isn't what I'm saying - it's just style consistency with the rest of the members.
Our house style is as follows.
1. Setting a scene or an introduction to your thread.
Please use either small sized text...
- click this button from the posting tags and write 1 instead of the 2
or italicise the paragraph. If you are quoting from another source like the HPL, please put a link in the same small writing as described as above.
2. Actions and descriptions of your character in asterisks, double or single.
You can use variations on this if you wish to, using a colon or hyphen, for example.
Standard:
*Goes into the en suite*
**Goes into the en suite**
Accepted variations:
-Goes into the en suite-
:Goes into the en suite:
~Goes into the en suite~
Do not use brackets as this suggests it’s in OOC.
3. Speech written as normal.
Please make at least one 'return' (soft return) when you are writing speech, to separate it from your action/descriptions.
Other things:
Thoughts in your head, or thinking out loud
Please mention in your post that you are doing this so that people do not think you are talking to them. Then italicise it.
Example:
*thinks to himself*
Damn, that is one fast broom.
Whispers, talking quietly
Again you have to specify that you are doing this and to whom, and use the small size text.
Example:
*whispers to Harry*
What on earth is she talking about?
Colours in posts
You are welcome to use any colours as long as they are legible against the background.
Images in posts
We encourage use of gifs and pictures in your posts to add interest.
Please do not hotlink.
Please use the icons found in the Smilie Box (or their shortcuts) to enhance your posts.
Writing letters/notes
Ideally be italicised. Use the Quill topic icon if you are starting a thread in either post rooms that is a note or a letter.
Message (topic) Icons
Please use the correct and most appropriate 'Message Icon' when you start a new thread. These can be found in a drop down menu under the Subject title field.
In a 'Live' RP you should take your character out of the thread he/she is in.
Replying to a particular person in a fast thread or a thread where many people have posted after the person you are talking to
Please quote them or specify in your post who you are talking to.
Examples of correct posting style:
Sample 1
Sample 2
Obviously it's not possible for staff to go through every post to make sure the house style is being applied correctly, and we won't do that. So we leave it up to you to try your hardest to stick to it as closely as you can.
Many thanks.
