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the bee charmer from alabama ([info]colloquialisms) wrote in [info]rp_tutorials,
@ 2010-08-23 05:04:00

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Biographies vs. facts
Depending on the game, I think it could go either way when it comes to a character. Sometimes, I even think facts are better than a full biography mostly because people don't really have the attention span nowadays to sit and read a really in-depth biography, not that this is an excuse. We as people have definitely become a very ADD and lazy society.

My real question here, however, is when a comm asks for "detailed facts," how detailed is too detailed? What's an acceptable detailed fact sentence and detail-wise?

Edit: The character journal I'm working with in this particular situation is ~zifang, which I'll more than likely comment on this post quite a few times when responding to others. I'm a mult-tasker, so sometimes I forget which journal I'm signed into when responding to comments.

Edit again: There's a new post up in ~zifang which is the write-up containing the bullet point facts that are in the post below it. Feel free to comment and give me pointers!


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[info]withintent
2010-08-23 12:05 pm UTC (link)
I'm not sure if I'm the best person to respond to this question, but I'm not the biggest fan of using detailed facts in place of a biography. For me, biographies give me a chance to really flesh out my character in ways that I may not otherwise be able to portray right away when playing them. Of course, I'm the kind of person who doesn't want to feel like they're leaving out any little tidbit. I think that every little detail in a bio helps other readers get the same grasp on my character that I have.

Facts can be fun, though. If anything, they can definitely help give you a head start when writing a bio. They're not useless at all, and I can see where some people would prefer them, but they're just not my favorite way of detailing my characters.

My judgment may be a little biased, though. I don't exactly write short biographies or histories. For the longest time, I was convinced that they had to be pages upon pages long.

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[info]colloquialisms
2010-08-23 12:19 pm UTC (link)
Just look at ~vyshaanti. She's my first and oldest character with a big-ass biography. I wrote it sort of in a short story style, lol.

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