how deep into stories/rp's do you get?

[VickyCummings]

This may seem like an odd question, but when involved in a doing an rp, or writing a story, how deep into character or mindset do you get into? I know the purpose of most threads here in SRP is to get horny and get off but do you devolp other feelings to like sadness if writting a sad part, ect. Me for example I sometimes find myself tearing up as I write something sad in an SRP, or if doing heavy set bondage scene, sometimes I think or try to actually feel what my character is going through on screen. Has anyone else experinced something like I'm talking about cause I want to hear other peopl'es experinces too.

 

[dragonrazor]

i find it difficult to write for a character i don't feel

 

[MelancholyBaby]

This is an interesting question. I find I do try to put myself in my character's position to an extent. Some characters I identify more with others. I may not be totally empathic to them in the sense that I cry when writing a sad scene, but I certainly do try to visualize myself (but as them) in certain situations.

I hope that makes sense.

I find that it adds a bit of versimilitude that is sometimes lacking in my own stories, as some of them are based on fantasies of mine. It makes them harder to write and takes more time, but I find it's very satisfying creatively, intellectually, and sexually.

 

[Red_Power_borg]

Me I cant play cannon characters since their personalities and mine dont mix well.

 

[Otto26]

If I can't empathize, to a degree, with the character then I can't really write it. On the other hand, I don't make the characters extensions of me. So I guess I'd say I get into the character while maintaining an emotional distance.

 

[MelancholyBaby]

If I can't empathize, to a degree, with the character then I can't really write it. On the other hand, I don't make the characters extensions of me. So I guess I'd say I get into the character while maintaining an emotional distance.

I have trouble with this sometimes. Little hints of me are probably scattered all over everything I write. At least I'm aware of it, but it is troublesome and it takes work to correct.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I try very hard to delve into my characters feelings and write them as realistically as I can. At times, yeah, I've felt the pain my character is supposed to be feeling and I've felt the arousal they are feeling, as well as frustration and confusion. It makes for a better story, in my opinion, when writers take the time to show the depth their character has.

~ Red.

 

[MelancholyBaby]

It makes for a better story, in my opinion, when writers take the time to show the depth their character has.

~ Red.

Agreed 100%. It is evident in your writing. I enjoy it.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Agreed 100%. It is evident in your writing. I enjoy it.

Thank you . I enjoy writing so very much. It is my addiction, I admit it.

 

[dragonrazor]

i enjoy writing, even though i'm not very good at it

 

[VickyCummings]

I love writting too, the only thing that is my weak points are spelling isn't always the best, sometimes I don't know when to stop a paragraph and start a new one, and my idea's sometimes are barrowed, but on that note my Compsostion teach back in high school said that everything has been done already and everything is just reycled over and over again, so I don't feel so bad with the last weakness.

 

[Red_Power_borg]

hey vicky we going to cont our goth girl and geek guy thread

 

[MelancholyBaby]

Thank you . I enjoy writing so very much. It is my addiction, I admit it.

Not a bad addiction to have, especially when you have a gift for it.

 

[MelancholyBaby]

I think as long as you enjoy it and you find partners that you enjoy writing with that is really all that counts.

And besides, writing is art; it's subjective. Not everyone is going to like it.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I hated writing in high school and wrote papers in college that the professor said were good, but it was not something I ever did again, until I came to Lit. It is a great hobby and for some a lucrative profession. A writer is only good if they are enjoying themselves. In the end that is all that matters, if you're not having fun, then why write?

 

[VickyCummings]

I don't like writting reaserch papers or reports and stuff like that. I like writing stories where I can put my over active inmagination to work. I just don't write sexual stuff either, thats just been my focus latly since joining the Lit boards. Oh yeah another trouble I have often is I can think of an opening, ending and gernal plot, but get stuck trying to come up with decent middle fillers. Thats why I like doing rp's you have someone to work with so you can bounce ideas off each other. Lastly I find that if I get stuck or bored I never finish a story I'm writting and found even true here, I don't think I've ever completed an SRP here that came to an ending that both partners can agree on.

 

[dragonrazor]

i don't think i have either, but mine is because people've abandoned me x.x

also, your post, vicky

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I've been on a few that have ended with a "The End" post. . not many. I want to say 3, but it may be four. Many group ones end because folks get interested in other things, or the thread becomes repetitive. Also people are real sticklers about moving someones character so they become "locked" in a holding position.

I have gotten tired of that, so I have informed folks. . .l'm finishing this scene and then not touching a character, but at least the story can go on. If that person comes back, then they have to pick up from where they left, but it shouldn't hold anyone else back; that to me is unfair.

SRPs are a great way for me to stimulate my muse. There are times when I get a rush of story ideas and write them out, submit them and then my mind is mush. The SRP's help me to relax and not feel pressured to get a full story out. They also help me try to write in other genres and challenge myself in categories I never thought I would be able to write in. I've never done an RP before, just never thought about it.

 

[Katamari Roller]

I always try to create characters that I like, and empathize with. I'm a sucker for characters crippled somehow, or ones that have a vague stand about feelings and ways of living life. I try not to be too descriptive of their personality because I never know how it will change.

All of my characters have something from me, and I do love sex. But not just for the sex itself. I visualize the scenes, and try to put feeling into them. That way, sex doesn't become something that happens once, then I get bored. For example, I think my favourite character in Lit is Sabre, a mute assassin in a pirate thread that I played together with Gagonthis' pirate captain, Jack. Sex scenes never became boring, and neither did the action scenes, or just the luvey-duveying ones. I enjoyed writing with him, and sharing a bit of Sabre and myself with him and his character.

This is why I think that you also need good writing partners. Not necessarily those who have the most posts in this forum, but rather those who can pour something into an SRP that makes their characters and the whole situation special somehow. Something that inspires you to go on because just after your latest post, something cool might have happened. And that cool something might happen just after that post... or after the next one... or after the next one... because when it does happen, perhaps something even better awaits?

 

[Henry]

i enjoyed writing too but was never very good at it...

 

[andygorn]

Personally I always try to explore different sides of the characters.
I come from a Role Playing Game (i.e. Dungeon+Dragons, White Wolf/Vampire, etc.) background and I've always tried to make my characters as 3-Dimensional + realistic as possible.
IMHO, otherwise you get less of an experience from it and the other people who are taking part/watching/viewing the RP don't get as much out of it as they could have, either.

Not that there's anything wrong with 2-3 line posts, but my RPG and Lit. characters just DON'T do them (LOL).
I just hope that this sense of realism (even if doing stuff with werewolves/vampires, dragons + elves) comes across in my writing as well.

I tend to throw myself into RP's...I've found that -for me- a more dimensional and realistic character tends to sell itself and tell it's own story and (especially when you get feedback/suggestions/additions from other people)the characters sometimes take you in directions which you wouldn't have thought about previously.
I try not to put myself into the scene too much, as I feel I've got to set the stage and just run with whatever the character throws to me.
I've not had an opportunity to play a female role yet. I would LIKE to and (IMHO) I think -as well as hope- that I can do justice to it...but just not yet done this.

For me, when I'm writing about a character the background (etc.) I've made for them is not only a person, but also a 'persona'; for example:
Most people who take to the stage (comedians, rock stars, etc.) have a public + on-stage persona which is different to them in real life and -having seen a few documentaries and interviews- the best I can come up with is: It's their physical body doing the stuff on stage, but it's like they put on a mask when they get to performing and this allows another personality to take them over for the time they're in the spotlight.
For me, it's the same with writing...you can really get into their pain and pleasure, etc., but then you can also put them and their experiences aside.

I'm NOT saying mine's the best way, or the only way or anything...'cos we've all got our own ways of taking part in the many great RP's here...but just giving my 2p-worth & hoping that it might help someone out there in Lit.RP-Land.

[By the way, MANY thanks to all the people here for your great reads and daily inspiration...as well as thrills! LOL].
andygorn.

 

[save_marla]

I start most of my characters as pretty two-dimensional caricatures - vehicles to move me through the story. I try to breathe more life into them when they talk - I'm a big believer that a character's personality and values and motivations are largely revealed in the things they choose to say, and how they say them.

I don't like to spend a lot of time on a physical description, if I can get away with it. For maybe weird reasons. You know how you're sometimes reading a book, and you're loving the character, she's well-written, you can totally see everything she's doing, hear her voice... But in your mind she's a spunky brunette, and the damn author insists on describing her long, blonde hair in every other sentence. Kills it for me! I want my characters to be real enough that they can survive without a physical description...I want you to see her in your mind - and if you don't see her with purple hair and hear her raspy voice when she talks - that's okay. As long as you can see her.

I put a lot of myself into the characters - how can I not? I'm constantly thinking of how they would behave in the situations they face, and I only have my own experiences to draw on - so, of course it's me. Accepting that, I let myself run with it and have as much fun as I can in whichever direction I've picked. I'm not, personally, out killing folks for sexual kicks - but, in that story, I will honestly consider what I would do, if I was that person. I understand excitement, fear, lust, love - I just have to let myself feel them hard enough for the character to do what she will.

And this is Sexual Role Playing - we're all totally in this for our own gratification - so it goes both ways. I give to my characters, and they give back to me.


I dunno, does that sound schizo??

 

[macmillian]

I don't know how far I go, but I try to be realistic in my approach. I Feel good when we are having a good time, sad when required it adds something to the character. So far I have tried to stay a good guy and do what is right. I do have my own ideas and I find I get disapointed when people just drop out of a thread and doen't say anything that they are going away.

 

[save_marla]

I find I get disapointed when people just drop out of a thread and doen't say anything that they are going away.

Ouch... Guilty. But life happens.


But when I'm here, the folks I play with have all of me.

 

[Henry]

would love to start writing again here just not sure my writing is up to the standard of everyone else.