Thread: Roleplay Management and Post Rate

1 How many roleplays do you take on at once? Does the number you take on also depend on the general amount you write for those roleplays? Usually, anywhere from 5-15. It really depends on the roleplay and my partners. If I have commitments to partner who I know reply only a handful a month, I'll take on more. If my partners reply daily, I'll try to limit the amount on my play. I'm extremely patient, though. I'm also usually the one that takes a lifetime to respond, so, yep. 2 Do you ever expect a post-rate from your partners? If so, how often do you expect them to post? And if not, how do you handle individual cases of decreased activity in a single roleplay? NO. Never. That's the simple answer. I NEVER expect anything from my partners, except for quality replies. I don't care how quickly or slowly they reply. It really does not make any difference for me. I rarely lose interest in a play because of tardy reply rates - I normally only lose interest because the quality of the roleplay or even the quality of the plot has deteriorated. 3 How do you handle an overall decrease in roleplaying activity as in, all of or most of your partners slow down? Do you search for more roleplays as replacements, or do you wait it out? It depends on how much free time I have. If I have a boat load of free time and all my partners are slow repliers, I will take on more. If I'm already a busy bee, I generally will wait it out. 4 When you do get stressed out from having a pile of roleplays to respond to, what helps you de-stress? How do you go about picking where to start? I absolutely never prioritize responding to my roleplays on first come, first serve basis. Which may be shocking to many people and anti-democratic of me. I reply according to my inspiration for a post for said roleplay. My creative mind is very unique, in the sense that I have spontaneous and random creative spurs in the moment. When I get an idea for a reply, I have to reply to it right away. My brain does not block out creative processes JUST because I am mandated by courtesy to reply to a play in order of who sent me a reply first. Nah. I think that's both petty and even creatively damaging to the quality of the response. That being said, I only get stressed about replying to roleplays when I'm being NAGGED for a reply either by Pm, or other means by my partner, or if I'm just legitimately frustrated with myself usually as a result of either writer's block or lack of time. I deal with the scenarios differently. a If I'm being nagged, I normally answer even later to the roleplay, or terminate the partnership altogether. It's a huge pet peeve of mine and I don't need some impatient writer knocking at my virtual BM door every day asking where hisher reply is. Aint. Happening. b If I have writer's block - there's really nothing I can do except for wait it out. It will come to me eventually. If I have to, sometimes I will brainstorm ideas with some friends. That's about it. c If it's due to a lack of time on my part, I will try to make time. 5 How do you resist the temptation to take on another roleplay? I've definitely experienced that moment where I find myself browsing request threads just for the hell of it even though I'm not really looking, and I end up sending out a PM because the story idea was just totally amazing. Honestly, I don't resist it. Why should you? If you have free time that is not being filled up with other RPs due to slower replies, why not take on another idea if it sounds really interesting and could be potentially amazing? I just do it. JUST DO IT insert Shia LaBeouf inspiration video. ADDITIONALLY I would like to note that if I stagger too long on a roleplay, or feel I have too many RPs but am still waiting to take on more - I usually take a moment to re-evaluate the current roleplays I have. If I'm swamped but still looking for more, it usually means that some of the RPs I'm swamped with aren't satisfying me and that perhaps, I need to consider terminating them. Normally when I am immerse in my plays, and fully loaded, I will not feel the need to take on more partners. Hope this helps, and all the best! Temp