Let's dig a bit deeper!
Below is a list of 50 thought-provoking questions geared towards Out of Character (OOC) development
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1. Why do you roleplay?
2. What drew you to rping your current character?
3. How did you learn/get started roleplaying?
4. Who or What was your first roleplay character? Tell us about them! (The cringier the better)
5. Who is your newest active rp character?
6. Who is your oldest active rp character?
7. What’s something you like about the way you write?
8. What aspect of your writing do you feel would benefit from improvement?
9. What’s something about your character that you’d like if you had to spend time with them in real life?
10. What’s something about your character that you wouldn’t like if you had to spend time with them in real life?
11. What's a similarly you have with your character?
12. What’s a difference you have with your character?
13. What’s a negative thing (quirk/trait/habit etc) about your character that you enjoy writing?
14. What's a positive thing (quirk/trait/habit etc) about your character that you enjoy writing?
15. Name a character that you never thought you'd write as, but wound up enjoying it and continued? What caused you to enjoy writing as them?
16. Name a character that you thought you would like to rp, but realized you didn't enjoy writing as? What made you not enjoy writing them anymore?
17. What’s the hardest thing for you to write?
18. What’s a trope or plot you think is overdone in roleplay?
19. What’s a trope or plot that you’ll never get sick of roleplaying?
20. What’s a trope or plot you love but you’ve never gotten to RP, or never gotten to RP to completion?
21. Do you write outside of rp? Fanfiction, books, blogs, etc? If so, what do you write?
22. Do you like to read other people's RP threads? Why or why not?
23. Do you like or dislike writing OC+Canon character interactions? Why?
24. What/Who is a random character (OC or Canon) you think would be fun to roleplay? What’s currently stopping you from roleplaying them?
25. If you RP a canon character (or have in the past,) what’s your favorite thing about rping a canon character?
26. If you RP a canon character (or have in the past,) what’s something you dislike about rping a canon character?
27. If you RP an original character (OC) or have in the past, what’s your favorite thing about rping an OC?
28. If you RP an original character (OC) or have in the past, what's something you dislike about rping an OC?
29. How much time do you spend writing on average a week?
30. Do you think about your threads and your character(s) when you aren’t roleplaying? When do you think about them the most?
31. What’s your take on AUs (alternate universes?)
32. Describe an AU that you think would be cool to try with your current character
33. Are you open to shipping your character? Why or why not?
34. Do you currently ship your character? If so, describe the relationship, and why you felt it was a good ship
35. Describe what you look for when you plan to ship your character
36. What do you like about roleplaying angst?
37. What do you dislike about roleplaying angst?
38. What do you like about roleplaying fluff?
39. What do you dislike about roleplaying fluff
40. Who’s a roleplayer/writer that you think you have learned a lot from?
41. Has a roleplayer or writer ever changed your view on a character, for better or for worse? If so, how?
42. Do you like to plot or improv?
43. Do you like to make open starters, or do you prefer to pick and choose your writing partners?
44. Do you prefer chat/short replies, or long/novella replies? Why?
45. Do you use gifs or icons in your RP replies? Why or why not?
46. What do you like to do while you reply to threads? Listen to music? Have TV on? Complete silence? Dark room? etc.
47. How do you motivate yourself to write when your muse is low?
48. Wild card #1! The person who assigns this number may ask any OOC question that is not on the list. (***Assigner, please include your question of choice. Keep it PG - PG-13 )
49. Wild card #2! RESPONDER: leave any scrap of good advice to the writer who assigned your number(s)
50. Wild card #3! RESPONDER: Say something nice about the person who assigned your number(s)
Have fun!
