- Invitation Status
- Posting Speed
- 1-3 posts per week
- One post per week
- Online Availability
- I work full time, so I'm usually not on until after 6PM EST on weekdays. (Weekends are free game though.)
- Writing Levels
- Intermediate
- Adept
- Advanced
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Futanari
- No Preferences
- Genres
- Urban/modern fantasy, psychological horror, fandom using OCs (no canon characters except in mentions!)
I've spent most of my roleplaying time in group RPs. When I first joined Iwaku (years ago), I had tried a few one-on-one roleplays and found that they just couldn't hold my interest. It felt weirdly intimate, hashing out this story with just one other person, and I struggled to get myself to break the ice and socialize. In the end I decided 1x1s weren't for me, and I've had that message about it in my signature ever since.
These days though, I've been feeling antsy. I spend a ton of time developing my characters by myself, but I have so few people to share them with and little to no opportunities to thrust them into situations I don't devise on my own. Group roleplays are less popular and don't last nearly as long, which I'm slowly getting frustrated with. I'm thinking that maybe it's been long enough where I should give 1x1s another chance.
I want to start from the ground up and get a better idea of what makes a 1x1 successful, especially when it differs from what makes group RPs successful. How should I get started? What important etiquette should I know? What if I can't post every day, or even every other day? How does one craft a sprawling story on the same level of variety, depth, and mystery as a group RP led by a single GM, when there's only the two of you? Or are things usually more focused on a handful of characters by the RP's nature? What about plot twists -- are they usually cleared with your partner first, or is the element of surprise still a thing? Anything else I should know?
Thank you very much for reading! :D
These days though, I've been feeling antsy. I spend a ton of time developing my characters by myself, but I have so few people to share them with and little to no opportunities to thrust them into situations I don't devise on my own. Group roleplays are less popular and don't last nearly as long, which I'm slowly getting frustrated with. I'm thinking that maybe it's been long enough where I should give 1x1s another chance.
I want to start from the ground up and get a better idea of what makes a 1x1 successful, especially when it differs from what makes group RPs successful. How should I get started? What important etiquette should I know? What if I can't post every day, or even every other day? How does one craft a sprawling story on the same level of variety, depth, and mystery as a group RP led by a single GM, when there's only the two of you? Or are things usually more focused on a handful of characters by the RP's nature? What about plot twists -- are they usually cleared with your partner first, or is the element of surprise still a thing? Anything else I should know?
Thank you very much for reading! :D