Cipher
Professional Wrestler
Posts: 74
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Post by Cipher on Aug 8, 2023 18:27:55 GMT -5
Gotta be honest. Word limits are great. Keeps your focused and grounded. I once wrote 3x10k words promos for the main event of the big show. I was so wiped I never could keep up with that. I would average 5k per rp and still get whomped by people doing more or less with more substance.
So even though the story moves a bit slower than I was expecting it definitely avoids the pitfalls of over writing.
Well done on those rules. And if/when I am asked to write a longer one I’ll be able to without wiping out the caufers.
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Post by Jill Park on Aug 8, 2023 19:19:33 GMT -5
Personally I never wrote 4K before here but now can do it easily. It’s definitely different than most places, but I like it
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Post by Downfall on Aug 8, 2023 21:54:32 GMT -5
Word limits are both my bane and save me from myself, because I am a wordy beast. In 2017, when WGWF had a no limit phase, I wrote three roleplays that were so long that Proboards made me break them up into two posts. I sometimes, to move story pieces into place, write 3000 word CD pieces just for the plot. Being forced to write 2k, or 3k, or 4k, and have a hard cap, and get a concise story into it sometimes has felt like cutting my fingers off, but it's made me constantly refine my approach to what to edit out, and I'm honestly grateful for that.
I also once got a 4 roleplay per show restriction dropped on IEW because I wrote 8 roleplays in two weeks 😸
So yes. Limits save us from ourselves.
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The Sitcom
Professional Wrestler
Filmed in front of a live studio audience.
Posts: 77
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Post by The Sitcom on Aug 8, 2023 23:57:03 GMT -5
“So yes. Limits save us from ourselves.”
My favorite lines from OOC this week. 🔥
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Post by Jaice Wilds on Aug 13, 2023 10:58:28 GMT -5
When my former main character was in the World Tile scene, I'd be throwing together 8k+ promos on the weekly. It kept my creative juices flowing, but I started to get mentally exhausted.
Running Jaice in CruiserClash has been both a blessing and a curse; I can struggle to write 300 words one week and the next I have to cut my rp in half to meet limit requirements.
I know the word limits are more for the admins (so they're not spending hours reading walls of text), but I think it definitely helps or challenges the roster. It's definitely helped me to find my passion for this hobby again.
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Dionysus
Professional Wrestler
Contains 50% Fruit Juice
Posts: 582
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Post by Dionysus on Aug 13, 2023 11:08:21 GMT -5
Limitations breed innovation.
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Post by Gerard Angelo on Aug 13, 2023 17:26:59 GMT -5
The word limits help a lot IMO.
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Post by Doc Holiday on Aug 14, 2023 16:16:49 GMT -5
We counted lines in a roleplay
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