tbh i don't give a single shit about voice. i probably don't know your canon anyway, so i couldn't care less about whether you're technically the most ic or not. what's important to me is this:
1. tag back frequently. at least a couple times a day.
2. don't write long tags. once in a while is fine, but long tags are a chore to read and respond to most of the time. put an action or two and a couple lines of dialogue, tops, because if you start adding too much then we get in to that weird circle where our characters are suddenly having 3 conversations going on at one time. keep it simple. give me a chance to respond to one thing before you throw three other things at me. don't try to impress me with flowery writing. just move the thread.
3. speaking of moving the thread, do things! give me things to respond to! give me some body language. ask my character some questions. get an attitude with my character. basically provide interesting things for me to respond to, because i promise you i'll do the same.
4. tying in to that, don't be afraid to pick up the hooks i set out for you. i put that shit in my tag for a reason. use it!
5. don't be afraid to bend your character a little bit for the sake of keeping a thread productive. i have this problem a lot with ~antisocial hardasses~... yeah, okay, sure, they're really rigid in their canon and are likely to walk away or shut down conversation at every turn, i get it. but this isn't their fucking canon. that's not fun to play against, and i'm not going to waste my time having my character chase yours for the next 7 months. either make shit happen or bye.
6. dork out with me about our threads and characters on plurk. just a little bit every now and then so i know you're as excited as i am.
Re: ANONS, WHAT MAKES A GOOD RP WRITER?
1. tag back frequently. at least a couple times a day.
2. don't write long tags. once in a while is fine, but long tags are a chore to read and respond to most of the time. put an action or two and a couple lines of dialogue, tops, because if you start adding too much then we get in to that weird circle where our characters are suddenly having 3 conversations going on at one time. keep it simple. give me a chance to respond to one thing before you throw three other things at me. don't try to impress me with flowery writing. just move the thread.
3. speaking of moving the thread, do things! give me things to respond to! give me some body language. ask my character some questions. get an attitude with my character. basically provide interesting things for me to respond to, because i promise you i'll do the same.
4. tying in to that, don't be afraid to pick up the hooks i set out for you. i put that shit in my tag for a reason. use it!
5. don't be afraid to bend your character a little bit for the sake of keeping a thread productive. i have this problem a lot with ~antisocial hardasses~... yeah, okay, sure, they're really rigid in their canon and are likely to walk away or shut down conversation at every turn, i get it. but this isn't their fucking canon. that's not fun to play against, and i'm not going to waste my time having my character chase yours for the next 7 months. either make shit happen or bye.
6. dork out with me about our threads and characters on plurk. just a little bit every now and then so i know you're as excited as i am.
these things will make me the happiest camper.