Alright, Yesterday I wasn’t able to get around to posting because I’m currently working on another blog.
/gasp Oh NOEZ
Yup.
I’m working on an RP blog on the side. (Or rather… 2 actually. One just happens to be my favorite that I’ll be working on the most while the second is gonna kinda… dwindle away until I can figure out what I want to do with it.) So yeah… split attention between three blogs is not fun, lol.
The two are connected in some sorts, but they follow their own complete separate plots.
One follows an up and coming druid who is just setting out in the world and has yet to come into contact with the scourge. Her only problem is her hatred of orcs… unfortunately she has no idea that’s the least of her worries.
The second, and more or less my favorite, follows a death knight whole was recently released from the Lick Kings control that runs a neutral underground trade business. Light knows that drama, lies, and deceit will ensue in her dark tangled web of blood and gold.
To forewarn you, or rather… to ask for your advice, my role playing experiences only cover forum, email, messenger RP, etc. For eight years this has been my method because frankly, I was afraid in game RP with an avatar would be too foreign to me. Because of 8 years of text RP, I’ve become an avid fan and sick obsessor with details, in which… according to some is wrong? O.o
I’m a visual person. When I read, and when I write, I visualize what’s happened to the characters. I picture everything from the way they wear their clothes to the way the trees bend when the wind blows. The sights, the scents, the noises, the people… everything, I can see, smell, hear, feel it all. Maybe it’s because I took a lot of writing classes in school, and I loved my English classes with a passion, but details are just something I can’t be scant on.
It makes my writing feel… naked.
I ask, is details necessarily a bad thing when it comes to writing? I know in game it’s like… no no to put useless info in such a small character box, but when writing out my RPs on a blog, should I be scant on details just to make it shorter and to get a point across?
But… as for the blogs, they’ll be up and running soon enough, ready for curious eyes to judge. Being as OCD as I am, there are a few kinks I’m working out, but I’ll hopefully have them fixed and ready by… maybe tomorrow.

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September 16, 2009 at 2:51 pm
theerivs
It will be interesting to read your RP blogs. Even though I don’t RP much anymore, that’s where my background came from. Played D&D alot as a kid.
I think you find out what details are important to the reader the more you write.
September 16, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Mikata
Yup. It’ll be interesting to heard people’s comments. I love constructive criticism that’ll make my work more appealing to read, just as long as no one comes and posts, “QQ UR BAD STOP WHILE UR AHEAD”, then I should be fine.
September 16, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Oasic
Lick King? Is it going to be a smutty romance blog?
September 16, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Mikata
o.O
The DK… was released… from the Lich Kings control, lol. She has nothing to do with him, anymore.
And no… no smutty romance blog. Like I said… trade business… blood, money, lies… fun stuff.
September 16, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Arioch
The level of detail you can provide is going to depend largely on how fast you expect people to take it all in.
Scrolling chat pane where people may have to react instantly with conversation of their own? Necessary details only.
Blog that you expect people to read leisurely? As much detail as makes you happy.
September 16, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Kotakh
QQ UR BAD STOP BEFORE YOU START DUH
September 16, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Mikata
@Arioch- Well I like it when my readers can visualize and enjoy what I see/hear/feel in my characters. I hope people find enjoyment in reading my blog, Lol.
@Kotakh- /gkick
=o
Oops… my bad. Oh well. =) Less resto gear competition for me.
September 16, 2009 at 4:33 pm
kyrilean
Dammit! Oasic beat me to it, but here goes:
He got away from the Lick King’s grasp because she didn’t taste good, am I right?
…and after reading that, I realized there’s two punchlines there, the dirtier of the two obviously going to be the one that everyone sees first…
Too bad, still posting it.
September 16, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Mikata
….. Ky….. you’re killing me here.
SO NOT HELPING!!!
September 16, 2009 at 8:06 pm
theerivs
Deathknight sex…how necrophilic is that.