Are they important?

[suziequzie]

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[twilightsshadow]

Post length to a degree. I can't rp with one liners. Spelling doesn't matter so long as I can understand the post, and grammar e.e [grrr] grammar.

[blitzkreig]

In a way, yes.

But for me it's more quality over quantity.

With me, it's more about the flow of the post. If the other poster gives me something to work with that is easily conveyed, and maybe even fancied up a bit, that's great, that's my dream Roleplaying partner.

Now I don't look for perfection, because I'm not, and nobody really is. I'm not asking for posts that turn into paragraphs worth of story just describing one little leaf. (I GET IT! IT'S GREEN!). I'm not looking for you to find the most obscure and underused word in the thesaurus and springing it upon me in a post. Cause chances are, neither of us understand it.

But that being said. Effort is always appreciated. When your post has good flow and grammar, that's awesome. Etc. Etc.

[Felypsa]

-drools- don't ask me...I'm a grammar AND a spelling Nazi and I truly believe that they're always important. But I don't get a lot o' support here in the Forum of the Lazy, so nyar, I pick my battles. -glares at people-

in terms of the posts themselves, well, as long as you're putting effort into it then it don't matter how long it is. Case in point: Z and I have had some incredibly stimulating and long-lasting roleplays, and most of those posts are only a good-sized paragraph long. If you're inspired to spill out an uber-long four-paragraph-plus post, then by all means do so. But don't strain yourself.

Intro posts are generally longer just because there's no action yet and you pretty much have to describe what's going on. But as things progress and you get a feel for the character/setting, length isn't as important as just the bare necessities of the action and stuff. in my opinion anyway.

[suziequzie]

[/b]." Obviously this person didn't mean to put funnel. At least, I hope not. I'm sure they probably meant to put "female". I don't think it's too much trouble to go through and read over what you've typed before posting it.

Making sure it makes sense is always a plus.

As for grammar, I'm not really that worried about it.

Punctuation: I care about this somewhat. I would like to see periods every once and awhile.

Anyway. Enough of my ramble.

I was just posting this to see if anyone else thought this stuff was important.[/size][/color][/ul]

[Aveilthé]

Mnn, after 7+ years of experiencing the wonderful joy that is RP, I seem to have toned my roleplaying style down a lot. I used to post novels of nothing but rambling posts. Then, I started to post roleplays that went to the point, but I still described anything adequately and as needed (I actually started this when I took my first English class in college... that's when I started learning that only what is necessary should go on paper and stuff...). I still follow by that, but depending on the person I roleplay with, my style will either go lax or full, if that makes sense.

The only thing that bothers me is when people take one thing and type six paragraphs to explain it. A rock is a rock--it's either jagged, smooth, small, or large; there's no need to describe every little nook and cranny the rock has. That would be different I guess if the rock was a plot device and the reader needed to know details on said rock. Like how Tolkein did when he described the Ring of Power in Lord of the Rings. There was like... three+ chapters dedicated into describing the Ring. >.>; Anyway, my point is, it gets boring if a roleplayer goes out of their way describing every little thing, but like someone said (too lazy to go back and see who said it xD), it's more appropriate in a first post.

Being a relaxed kind of person, I don't really care about what kind of style people use, as long as it is understandable and readable--and makes sense.