Over the last year or two I've noticed a conversation that's come up
more than a few times, and I now feel comfortable enough with the idea
to actually write about it rather than just talk. In this post, I'd like to get more in depth with what I consider to be the core two elements of writing, specifically for creative writing. As always, my aim is that by looking at things in more detail, I can flesh it out more for myself and hopefully progress more as a writer. Looking at core things like this can be useful to evaluating writing, whether it's your own piece or not. As writing quality can increase, so can roleplay quality, which leads to more enjoyable roleplays altogether!
Obviously quality will always be something subjectively measured, but theoretically quality roleplay will involve both you and the other roleplayer actually enjoying the scenes you're putting your characters through. I've said this all before, but I think it's certainly worthy of repeating. Roleplay is about two people at once, so that means you've gotta balance two people's happiness at once.
I think the argument for how to do this begins at the very core itself of writing a story. I would argue there are two basic elements of writing that everything else can fall under, and this applies to all creative writing, not just roleplay. Onward! (I put a page break and a picture!)
