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Badgers! To save the motherfucking day yeah (fuckyeahbadgers) wrote in rp_tutorials,

People seem to like different lengths in their tags. Personally, I like to vary it according to what's happening. A very reflective sort of thread full of thoughts and hidden subtexts and wondering what the other person is thinking will have looong replies. A more action-driven one with snappy dialogue works better with shorter replies. The important thing is not to piss off who you're writing with, so unless you have a good reason not to (like an inner monologue that will make it longer, or a sudden reaction that would have more impact in a short tag) try and keep your reply about as long as theirs.

Try not to start all of the tags with the character's name (e.g Harry did X, Harry thought Y). Getting more creative in how you do this is one of those things that comes with practice :-)

Oh, and don't make someone else carry the thread. I don't know how to explain this exactly, but some people I've threaded with make it nearly impossible to reply, and my characters just want to walk off and do something else. Tags without any dialogue, just their character's thought process is one of those things that can be difficult to reply to. Or even just saying things that don't really say anything like, "Oh, I agree." Even if they don't have anything more to say, have them move or do something or say something that your writing partner can react to.

Good luck!