help with thread replies

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need any help with a thread reply?
here you go !

• Having trouble with posting longer, well, posts? Don't know how to give your character's response, thoughts, movements, gestures, some... zing? Well, here are a couple of questions you - as an RPist- can ask yourself when posting in a thread. Or maybe, you can change the questions around so that you can use them in your posts? Want to add some humor? Go for it. Rhetorical questions are all the rage nowadays. One-word sentences are a part of the fad too. It can help lengthen your post and might even help develop you into a better writer/RPer than you already are.

• What is your character feeling at the moment? Sad? Happy? ecstatic? Emo? Frustrated? Nonchalant? Distant? Rebellious? Or just feeling... a tad bit on the wacky side? Emphasize on it! Are they serious or lax? Anal-retentive or just not-caring at all? Do they like anyone? Talk about their history? Are they shy? Shy enough that they're wondering how in hell they got into a conversation with one of the most popular kids in school? Are they a nerd? Or are they one of those 'I live a double life' people? Are they normally snippy at people, but deep down they have a passion for butterflies? Do they seem to be the typical 'rebel' at school, but when they go back to their dormitory they are just like everyone else, worrying about their hair, clothes, materialistic belongings and whatnot?

• How do they react as the other person is thinking, both emotionally and physically? Do they twitch a lot whenever they have to wait for an answer? Are they fidgety? Do they have a short-attention span? And if so, give some detail on that. What are they thinking at that precise moment as a bee buzzes right past their ear and onto the nose of the person next to them? Do they overreact? Are they calm? Or do they just not care?

• Are there any random thoughts going through their head? Do they like the way the grass makes a nice 'swoosh' noise when the wind blows and no one is talking? Are they obsessed with the way the clouds make pretty shapes if you look at 'em carefully? Can they burp the alphabet? Do they care that they can burp the alphabet? Can they count to one million seven hundred ninety-six thousand and one? Does it matter? Are they counting at the exact moment the other character is speaking? Do they like the person in front, to the left, right, and/or in back of them? Does that even matter?

• Do they make subtle movements, such as brushing away a stray hair, itching a spot on their elbow, yawning? Is that relevant? The answer is yes. Emphasis is the key. Detail is everything when RPing. Are they having a bad hair day and think that the people around them are noticing it and making obvious comments? Or do they not care? Does everything always have to be about them? And if so, why? Or better yet, why not?

• How do they feel in the space that they are in? Is it too cold? Too hot? Too warm? Not warm enough? Too close? Too far? Too loud? Too quiet? Too many people for comfort? Not enough people for comfort? Is it shady where they are? Or is there not enough shade? Are there trees, grass, shrubs, wild animals, flowers, man-eating-plants, birds, the sun, the moon, two moons, three different-colored suns? Are they in a Forest? What is in the forest that keeps making that 'bump-a-thump' sound? Why do they care? Or do they still not care?

• What can your character hear, other than the person speaking? Are there fireworks around them? Is there a fight going on? Were they in the fight? Is the noise distracting? Can they ignore it, or does it keep re-occurring minute after minute after minute. Is your character paying attention to the others at all? Do they want to leave? Or do they desperately need the attention to keep their mind off of ... 'The Big Picture'? Is there a 'Big Picture' at all?

• Has something upset your character? Like, another character has just told them that they are leaving for a six-month tour and is leaving them- your character- behind? Does that make them feel a little peeved? Use a curse word. It's acceptable in this kind of situation. (Just don't make your character a potty-mouth). Or maybe you don't want to resort to foul language, maybe your character made up a word and it would deem relevant for the situation. Maybe, your character is screaming 'no' over and over again. Emphasis, again, is key, alongside: detail, observation, questions, answers, and all that good stuff.



ALL CREDIT TO KUHKRIS OF CAUTION