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(Reviving.)
Aha, I actually know what about mean about elitist tendencies. If you're a writer who's looking to improve as well as have fun, it's inevitable that you would develop some expectations.
When I first started out, I did't know what was what --the only important things to me were that I wrote coherently and had fun. Nowadays, however, I want my posts to be fluid, descriptive, and engaging. I expect myself to write a character who is likable or relatable to people who read about them*, and I want them to have depth; I desire purpose in my writing. I've also developed a taste for complex plots and world building; it can all get pretty crazy with how much I'm willing to invest in a good story.
(*To clarify, a character doesn't need to be sweet and kind to be likable or relatable. Rather, a good character has good and bad points, but are able to draw the readers and connect to them to some degree.)
That being said, these are things that not everyone desires in writing. Some people just want to have a good time, or to live vicariously through their characters. Some people have the same desires, but our maturity levels (as in life experiences and stage in life) are different, or our view points or writing styles don't mesh well. I feel like the more expectations you have for yourself and your partners, the smaller your RP pool is going to be.
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Good grief, here's a rant coming up; just a few points I'd like to touch on:
My take on post length is pretty flexible. I personally prefer two or three paragraphs minimum, about double that for a good post; maybe up to a page or a little over, if I'm in the zone.
When it comes to my partners, though, the length is up to them. I'd like to receive a post I can work with (and that usually means multiple paragraphs). It's heavily appreciated when my partner is able to insert their own ideas without me having to navigate everything and carry the story as well. (I enjoy taking the lead every so often, I really do, but I write with other people so that I can gain alternate perspectives and and experiences that I wouldn't have come up with on my own.)
I'll admit that I sometimes have trouble finding partners because of the way I view characters as well. *facehands* I used to be a moderator for an RP forum ages ago, and one of my main jobs was to look over character applications and approve them. After that experience, along with many, many role-plays, I've started to feel indifferent or uninterested in a majority of OCs. *facehands* Sometimes it feels like if you've seen 'em once, you've seen 'em all.
I don't have much of a problem role-playing with someone regardless of this, but unless a character really stands out to me I'm not interested in developing a romantic relationship from it. (Unsurprisingly, romance is often the goal of many-a-roleplays, so you can see how this wouldn't work out with a number of RPers.)
I'm pretty fickle when it comes to romantic RPs, since I tend to both write and look for characters whose personal goals are greater than just finding a boyfriend/girlfriend, and whose identities are complex.
I like characters who are heavily flawed, but unless they are able to gain my respects and potentially contribute to a healthy relationship, I'm not interested in it. I've had my OCs baby-sit and coddle their romantic prospects too many times for it to be appealing to me, and what I generally look for in romantic RPs is a relationship where they can view one another as equals.
(...Even so, my OCs don't always agree with me. Our tastes often overlap, but sometimes run different, so if they insist on something different, I usually go with it. *lies down*)
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What are your best/worst experiences?
Most of my best experiences comes from when I'm actually able to connect with my RP partners. It's important to have a good rapport with them, and even better if you're friends.
I mentioned about being an RP mod before (and boy, looking back, it was a real WIP for me); back in those days, I had a tight-knit group of RP buddies (many who also worked alongside me as mods). We would have and joke and mess around with our OCs; it was just so much fun and the number of characters in that group made it possible for us our characters to develop a broad social circle with complex relationships. It was so much fun because both people and their OCs were able to mess with each other.
I've also had some pretty good experiences in one-on-one RPs. There was one I did with my friend, Robot, that was largely script-based and humorous. It was all about the antics of these college kids, and although many of the scenarios were absurd, we got a lot of good stuff out of it.
I also wrote with another friend, Kalin, and surprised her by snail-mailing her a letter my character supposedly sent hers. It was really great how much she enjoyed it.
Then there was the last group I was currently active in; that was a lot of fun. My character always got caught up in one mess or another, and often dragged or was dragged into things by his friends, but boy, it was so fun and creative to write.
Oddly, RPs I enjoyed most were script-based (because you could develop the relationship and go through scenarios at a quicker pace), but the posts I'm most proud of are multi-paragraph ones. I still have to work out quite a bit with the latter, since I often struggle with my writing. *facehands* I'm too much of a perfectionist sometimes, and it really ends up boxing me.
Er, as for worst experience... uh. I encountered a bully (role-player, not character) in a group before, and wow, yikes. She and her partner didn't like me much because I had some con-crit about her OC. I was polite, but... *shrugs* That's drama, dude; what're you gonna do?
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It makes me feel like I'm putting historian training to good use in a weird way, lol.
