i really need to write and do staff things but my brain has been completely consumed by honkai star rail. and everything else until i get my fix is irrelevant. ...also easter is this Sunday.

(my million excuses to weasel outta responsibilities)

Every month or so my brain is like "I have an idea for an RP site" and then 3 days later I'm like woo that was close, almost made a commitment. Yikes.  

I need to establish days to work on stuff, but sickness, anxiousness and my body's betrayal of saying sike to sleep makes focusing on writing hard.

I probably don't tell them enough, but I'm really grateful for the friends I've made through rp. I think sometimes rp boils down not only to the amazing stories you tell in a collaborative setting but also to the connections you make and the friends you have because of it. :')

Am I feeling a tad sentimental at this current moment? Absolutely.

I've probably said this before, but I really want to explore more long-term and slow-burn plots. The trick is finding patient and dedicated writing partners who are willing to hold out long enough for them to... well, go somewhere, ahaha. They feel like a precious gem or rare flower nowadays!

I am one of those people and it's always like "do I spend five years telling a story or do I hit myself with a paper fan anime style and write a 2m word fanfic" and so far the fanfic has won but I do hope there's more people who would like telling those types of stories.

long stories are wonderful. short stories are wonderful. all stories are wonderful

Doing god's work out there — I always loved reading the blurbs of an evolving relationship, even if I never thanked my partners enough for doing it.

A similar-ish thing I did for a bit and should reinstitute was "Testimonials", where I'd quote a really great line from a post or invite my partners to do an IC opinion thing and add that to the profile - always with permission, ofc. Was a great way to get that at-a-glance relationship status, personality section, and also laugh at great threads, all in one.

.... brb gonna go reread everything my friends ever wrote

for someone who is dyslexic as hell and sucks at reading, i sure do love this hobby of reading things wrong and replying wrong and then having to reread and apologize and fix every post lol

Never underestimate the power of incentives

I wrote with someone like this not too long ago. It was my policy to accept whatever mistake they made as being canon, and I told them there was no need to edit it or feel bad about it. 

I don't mind we were talking in the bathroom and suddenly our characters are in the bedroom because you misread something. 

I am not sure if anyone else finds this helpful, but I swear, sometimes brainstorming with a physical notebook and writing down history, misc, power, etc ideas for characters sometimes is very calming a good way for my brain to start working for that character.

I sometimes use physical notebooks when I get stuck! It works really well!