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For me, it helps to write down every single thing that's going on while I watch. It's definitely way too much tl;dr for an app, but it's a good reference. Yeah, there's a wiki that I could check, but if I watch it and then write it and then reread it, it's easier to remember.

Then I make a copy of that for the app and trim that shit down. For my last app (for a MLP character), it was about a paragraph or two for each episode that they had an "important" part in. For my current app (for a drama show character), it's about 800-1000 words per episode so far. I think 1000 words per season is a good maximum word limit, but I try to keep it as low as I can without getting rid of too many things that I consider important.

I try to work on the personality section while I watch too, at least to add a checklist of traits. Friendly, naive, kind of an asshole, whatever. Then I add onto that later. Appearance sections are always pretty easy. I always delude myself into thinking that samples are sooooooo easy so I save them for last, and then I struggle with them because I suck. And then I proofread and reword everything fifty times until it's "almost perfect enough" and submit it... and maybe edit a few things anyway because I have problems.

I obviously put a lot of effort into this and take longer than most roleplayers would. I know that it's pretty unnecessary, but what if I need to know that this character read a certain book in her English class or that she's interested in, I don't know, some band?! Or some other useless shit. I've gotten my past two apps done in 1-2 weeks though, so the one that I'm working on now'll probably take 1-2 weeks, maybe 3 if I slack off a little.

I just fucking love tl;dring, as you guys can tell. At least this keeps me from apping twenty characters and overwhelming myself...?

Momma loves baby

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