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I'm not sure what OP means by writing (commentspam? prose? dialogue??) but this is what always jumps out at me in what RPers seem to think of as prose, which is what the most "writing" goes into -- they seem to think that if it's not fun, relaxed commentspam, it has to be the complete opposite and be a super-serious, dry wall of unnecessary detail to meet some arbitrary word count and that you are failing at it if it isn't making you hate it and yourself and never want to write prose again.

Prose is supposed to resemble the writing in books. Books generally do not do this if they're not shitty books. You might not want to go cracking jokes in narration everywhere if you're playing some Steely McGrimdude but don't be afraid to have a narrative voice. If your character is interesting, and has an interesting point of view, and you understand them, that should be doable.

This advice is kind of shitty but "writing" is an incredibly broad term and I don't know what aspect of it the OP is talking about, so I thought I'd throw in an observation I've been sitting on because it seemed relevant. If the OP wants to clarify I could maybe try to get more specific.

A healthy mix of prose and spam, fun and seriousness is what my favorite RPers do. Though this depends on where you're playing (musebox, dressingroom, game) and the type or set-up of said place. Most comment spam isn't welcome in a prose log comm, for instance.

Unless your character is the type to always have a wisecrack for any given situation, the dialogue/narration should reflect that. But if your character would see molten lava covering a village as The Blob gobbling down bit-part citizens, for heaven's sake, say it! Don't be afraid to add spice to your writing for the sake of "correctness."

Also, vary your sentence length. I've noticed many players (myself included) feel their sentences have to be long in order to be worthwhile when that's not the case at all.

Finally, take hints from writers and players you like! Try picking apart their tags to see what draws you to them. Is it their wording? How about sentence structure? Once you know what appeals to you, you can start incorporating that into your own RPing.

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