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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonwriter" data-source="post: 5625779" data-attributes="member: 54988"><p>So don't try to write like them. Personally, I don't care for long posts that say nothing. If you really want to have your character ponder on the color of the sky, then waffle between deciding whether the clouds are more grey or white, I'm not going to waste my time reading it.</p><p></p><p>You can be perfectly creative without writing like Dickens.</p><p>[sblock=Short side-rant on Dickens]</p><p>Seriously, the man could not write a simple sentence or get to the damn point! He took an entire paragraph to debate why a door-nail is the most-dead of all nails, instead of a coffin-nail being the most-dead... Needless to say, I do not find A Christmas Carol to be an enjoyable read. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Verbosity and quality of speech do not go hand in hand. I suggest you play your character as you enjoy and as you envision. </p><p>Look at Trinham/ghostcat, for instance. The last month, while all sorts of discussion and politicking is going on in K2V, he's kept pretty quiet IC while everyone else handles the talking. Yet he receives a pretty good sum of XP because he is keeping true to the character of the inexperienced, unsure soldier-kid. I don't think a single post of his this month has broken 100 words, but he's sticking with the character's style and receives good XP for it (the breaks with his familiar probably help <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Time can always crop up as an issue... There's really no avoiding that one. It might be best to set aside a small block of time here and there to handle your posts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonwriter, post: 5625779, member: 54988"] So don't try to write like them. Personally, I don't care for long posts that say nothing. If you really want to have your character ponder on the color of the sky, then waffle between deciding whether the clouds are more grey or white, I'm not going to waste my time reading it. You can be perfectly creative without writing like Dickens. [sblock=Short side-rant on Dickens] Seriously, the man could not write a simple sentence or get to the damn point! He took an entire paragraph to debate why a door-nail is the most-dead of all nails, instead of a coffin-nail being the most-dead... Needless to say, I do not find A Christmas Carol to be an enjoyable read. :p [/sblock] Verbosity and quality of speech do not go hand in hand. I suggest you play your character as you enjoy and as you envision. Look at Trinham/ghostcat, for instance. The last month, while all sorts of discussion and politicking is going on in K2V, he's kept pretty quiet IC while everyone else handles the talking. Yet he receives a pretty good sum of XP because he is keeping true to the character of the inexperienced, unsure soldier-kid. I don't think a single post of his this month has broken 100 words, but he's sticking with the character's style and receives good XP for it (the breaks with his familiar probably help ;)). Time can always crop up as an issue... There's really no avoiding that one. It might be best to set aside a small block of time here and there to handle your posts. [/QUOTE]
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