- Invitation Status
- Looking for partners
- Posting Speed
- 1-3 posts per day
- 1-3 posts per week
- One post per week
- Online Availability
- Afternoons/Evenings (UTC−06:00, DST UTC−05:00)
- Writing Levels
- Advanced
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Primarily Prefer Male
- No Preferences
- Genres
- Sci-fi, High Fantasy, Horror, Modern, Urban Fantasy/Paranormal, Surrealism
I'm curious. I know doubling is a fairly popular thing in roleplay, but my question is do you double when it comes to characters, or play multiple characters in general, and if so why? As for myself, I don't tend to beyond mentioning certain side characters in exposition, and as for why it's largely due to the fact that playing multiple characters or doubling activates the solo writer portion of my brain. Makes me wonder why I don't just write the story myself so I can have complete control over each character arc and know ahead of time where the narrative is going, but more than that makes me want to outline beforehand in general. As managing so many characters isn't something I can really do by the seat of my pants. It's hard for me to reconcile that mindset with the collaborative mindset needed for RP, be that with one partner or multiple, at least on a level where even side characters get as much detail as the main ones.
Plus, most prefer not to outline everything to begin with, which while completely fair, is something I kinda need to do when juggling multiple characters. I mean, I wouldn't end up with notes like this for my newest fanfic otherwise. And the funny thing is, they're nowhere near finished. I've still got a bunch of other stuff to fill out in relation to the game's areas and bosses as I get to them in the actual story.
But why do you double/RP multiple characters, if you do?
Plus, most prefer not to outline everything to begin with, which while completely fair, is something I kinda need to do when juggling multiple characters. I mean, I wouldn't end up with notes like this for my newest fanfic otherwise. And the funny thing is, they're nowhere near finished. I've still got a bunch of other stuff to fill out in relation to the game's areas and bosses as I get to them in the actual story.
But why do you double/RP multiple characters, if you do?