Oh, no! You didn’t mess anything up. I just wanted to pull you into here and let you know. I’m not upset with you and you’re definitely not the first to do this, so don’t worry at all. As I said, if you need any guidance with roleplaying you can talk to me (@WeepingWisteria or you can just call me Wist) or anyone else in this thread. While @Spearmint and @Mageheart aren’t official RP mods, Mint is still incredibly sweet and helpful and Mage used to be.
As for making your own roleplay, there’s a few things you need to do to successfully launch it. First thing, you have to decide if it’s best suited for hollows, realms, or storybooks. Where a roleplay fits is usually determined by post length and the amount of collaboration for each post. Hollows have incredibly short posts lengths, usually ranging from a couple of sentences to about a paragraph long. Some get longer, but it’s usually in that range. Realms tend to be more intermediate. A couple of paragraphs long, usually no more than five. Storybook posts can be true units posts, some ranging to 5K words (totally haven’t written one of those before. Not with @HarryHardy). Once you’ve determined that, then it’s time to make the roleplay thread on the appropriate category. The first post in the roleplay thread should be a short synopsis of the roleplay. Think of it like a back cover blurb on a novel. This is what will draw people in, tell them what to expect. Next up, you hop over to the OOC tab and create your OOC thread. You should always name your OOC thread *Roleplay Name* [OOC] or something similar. From there, you want to hop back into your roleplay thread. In the top right corner there should be a big blue button that says “edit storybook” or something along those lines. If you click that, it should automatically link your OOC to that thread. So just scroll to the bottom and press submit! From there, you have the option to make some sort of picture to advertise your roleplay and post it on your wall. Posting roleplays on your wall tends to bring people in because even if people don’t join, they’ll repost it to their wall and someone who wants to join can see it from them!
I hope this all helps!
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