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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]zifang
2010-08-23 09:56 pm UTC (link)
I agree with you about "slice of life" games. While you want to be serious about the writing, in the end it's all fluff. People play in these games because they want to be able to write a piece without having to treat it like it's a mini-series rather than a daytime drama.

With that said, I also agree with you about specific genre games. When you have a history that's set in stone, you really need to elaborate on time, places, and events because it shows how your character is connected to it all.

When it comes to facts though, I've never written just a pure facts entry. I've always written a biography and maybe sometimes included a set of facts, mainly trivia or random quirks that don't relate to the personality or biography. I tried doing facts with this character, but I keep getting massive paragraphs that I end up not feeling satisfied with. Right now, I'm using a system of bullet points for specific events.

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