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Rules.

You can do these tasks whenever you want, there is no deadlines for these and they are just a way to get the creative juices flowing. Some of these are more focused on the player than the character while others are character based.

Please tag this task with thelegacieshqs.taskone when you finish it so others can take a look at it whenever they want. All tasks, in general, need to be tagged with thelegacieshqs.tasks as well. The first tag is the number of the task and the second tag mentioned is just a general tag for all the tasks.

The Task.

what’s a grammar rule you find yourself breaking or ignoring a lot?

are there any languages besides english in which you think you could comfortably roleplay?

how often do you reach for a synonym dictionary when writing? how about mentally?

how often do you need to translate your own or the other’s writing with a dictionary or google when writing and reading replies?

do you listen to music while your write?

do you have ideal writing circumstances when you can do a lot of drafts or tackle really long ones very easily?

are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer?

how does tiredness affect your writing?

have you ever written a serious reply intoxicated?

how much do you proof-read as you are writing vs. proof-read at the end?

when you are writing a reply, how much ahead in the thread do you plan?

is there ever been a time when you’ve had to drop a roleplaying partner because you’ve found their writing style exhausting?

does writing roleplay things in public spaces make you uncomfortable?

what do you do after you see a person has replied? do you read it immediately, or do you wait for it to show up on the dash? do you like it, draft it immediately, etc?

how often do you need to change the icon in your reply while or after writing the reply?

do you first get in the “zone” when writing, or do you start writing and “enter” it that way?

what is your biggest obstacle to writing every day, if time doesn’t count?

how many drafts is a paralysing amount?

if you are writing a wrong reply that’s not working out, do you save what you have to be continued at another date, or do you scrap it and rewrite?

does making icons give or take away energy to write? what about other graphics?

longest reply you’ve ever writen on mobile?

what’s your thought process when you format? any unspoken rules you follow?

Credits.

Full credit to this meme here that we are using for a task.

The template used for this graphic above is here.

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MIKE DOES THE FIRST TASK FOR: HIMSELF

what’s a grammar rule you find yourself breaking or ignoring a lot?

uhhh my insane use of commas. or that people don’t talk w/ actions. 

are there any languages besides english in which you think you could comfortably roleplay?

none at all. to my distaste, i am monolingual. 

how often do you reach for a synonym dictionary when writing? how about mentally?

ALL the time. i am asking google for synonyms all day, every day.

how often do you need to translate your own or the other’s writing with a dictionary or google when writing and reading replies?

oh never. at least, not in a language standpoint?

do you listen to music while your write?

exclusively so. it helps keep me focused. stranger in the basement by bonecage helps me the most and spotify said i listened to it for 167 hours this year. /shrug

do you have ideal writing circumstances when you can do a lot of drafts or tackle really long ones very easily?

got me a drink. got my song/playlist that’s not too distracting ei. making me stop and want to sing along to it. no one in real life bothering me. i’m home on my desktop.

are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer? 

i want to say a night writer, but like, maybe more of an evening writer. if it’s too early, it’s hard to get the muse going. if it’s too late, i’m tired and muses ftf off.

how does tiredness affect your writing?

if i’m tired it’s far too tempting to just.... go to bed lmao.

have you ever written a serious reply intoxicated?

i don’t really used toxins so like, not really. high? yes. it’s not the hardest thing.

how much do you proof-read as you are writing vs. proof-read at the end?

i reread my reply a lot but i need to get better at proof-reading right before posting reply....

when you are writing a reply, how much ahead in the thread do you plan?

none at all. my characters don’t work that way. i can only plan ahead as far as the end of the current reply. sometimes i even write the end of the reply before the beginning, but that’s mostly in case of dialogue. some statements my muses want to jump on asap.

is there ever been a time when you’ve had to drop a roleplaying partner because you’ve found their writing style exhausting?

there was never a time i made a decision because of it, but there are past partners that i see now that they were exhausting to write with. for all kinds of reasons.

does writing roleplay things in public spaces make you uncomfortable?

oh yes it do.

what do you do after you see a person has replied? do you read it immediately, or do you wait for it to show up on the dash? do you like it, draft it immediately, etc?

it depends! if i’m not in the middle of something, like out or working, i’ll read it right then and there -- open it up into a tab to do for later. otherwise i’ll make a mental note and get to it when i have some time to myself. i used to save drafts but i don’t do that usually now. i might like some replies so it’s in there and then unlike them, but typically, i just lurk the dash and collect the tabs.

how often do you need to change the icon in your reply while or after writing the reply?

not too often. i usually pick the icon after the reply, and i match the icon to the closest piece of dialogue or the more significant piece of expression. 

do you first get in the “zone” when writing, or do you start writing and “enter” it that way?

i like to pretend i get into a zone but really, it happens when it happens, and then of course the outside world can take me out of the zone. i guess the zone is thrust upon me. 

what is your biggest obstacle to writing every day, if time doesn’t count?

my short attention span, i’d say.

how many drafts is a paralyzing amount?

once it hits over ten i’m like oooouch. if it’s over twenty i feel like it’s never going to happen. 

if you are writing a wrong reply that’s not working out, do you save what you have to be continued at another date, or do you scrap it and rewrite?

i kind of do both? depending on how much i worked on the first draft. i’ll save that, stop for a second and look at it later. like the next day. give my muse another chance to react.

does making icons give or take away energy to write? what about other graphics?

it’s more like i enter a purgatory where my muse is flowing gently as i work on a character’s resources. it’s a happy medium where i can kinda spend time thinking about them, but not have to think to hard. i’m just editing/making stuff. 

longest reply you’ve ever written on mobile?

i wouldn’t be able to find out but it was def a few longer paragraphs. only like, the one or two times though. i rarely do mobile.

what’s your thought process when you format? any unspoken rules you follow?

i prefer to have my gifs match the closest context text. if the end of the reply, someone said something damning and has a matching icon, i gotta put it on the bottom. i also need to put two spaces behind my ?  so that it’s easier on the eyes. oh and i match gif size w/ who i’m writing with. 

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Task 2: Create a playlist and description of times in their lives it fits.

Mysterious by Andi Case

Song goes very well with Hope’s bisexuality Also, a Hosie related song.

Power by Little Mix.

A girl power song and Hope is a leader. She will let the men act like they are in charge for short bursts but push come to shove? She will step up to the plate and push them out of the way. 

Play with fire by  Sam Tinnesz

Hope loves danger. She thrives on the near-death anymore (mostly because she can’t die anymore). She loves the edge and that might be her mental illness talking as self-destructive behaviors come with that. Plus, Hope really does love fire! Hope is one to push boundaries even if it gets her into trouble with someone like Caroline. 

Prom Queen by Molly Kate Kestner 

This song is one that fits her really well after she is dead. 

Empty by Olivia O'Brien 

Hope has depression, she is suicidal (that doesn’t just go away). She even told her father she wanted to die (”Then let me die” Hayley’s funeral episode). This song talks about depression in a way that fits her.

Right down to the second by Zach Berkman

Fits well with after she is dead and everything feels like it is crashing down around her.

Paralyzed by NF

This is another song that fits Hope after she died but also after her parents died. 

One night stand by Divide the day

this is another song that fits after Hope died.

Fuck away the pain by  Divide the day

Another song that fits after Hope died

Casual Sex by My Darkest Days

Hope has no shame in having casual sex. She has had it and isn’t scared to admit that she has. 

Girls like girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Another song that fits Hope being bisexual. 

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Rules.

You can do these tasks whenever you want, there is no deadlines for these and they are just a way to get the creative juices flowing. Some of these are more focused on the player than the character while others are character based.

Please tag this task with thelegacieshqs.tasktwo when you finish it so others can take a look at it whenever they want. All tasks in general need to be tagged with thelegacieshqs.tasks as well. The first tag is the number of the task and the second tag mentioned is just a general tag for all the tasks.

The Task.

Create a playlist for your character full of different songs for different times in their lives and then explain why you picked each song. 

Credits.

The template used for this graphic above is here.

[thelegacieshqs]

Rules.

You can do these tasks whenever you want, there is no deadlines for these and they are just a way to get the creative juices flowing. Some of these are more focused on the player than the character while others are character based.

Please tag this task with thelegacieshqs.taskthree when you finish it so others can take a look at it whenever they want. All tasks in general need to be tagged with thelegacieshqs.tasks as well. The first tag is the number of the task and the second tag mentioned is just a general tag for all the tasks.

You are allowed to do this task for as many characters as you want if you have multiple characters.

It is perfered that you do this task within the first two weeks after the task is posted but again you can do this at any time.

Please like this post when you see it to show us that you have seen the latest task!

The Task.

Write about a dream that your character has had. This could be a nightmare or even a dream that was happy and made them feel good. At the end of your dream, the character should wake up and reflect on what the dream was about or show the effects of the dream.

Credits.

The template used for this graphic above is here.

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This is for task number 1 on thelegacieshqs. This task was designed to find out the best time for your writing is and just learn more about your writing style. These tasks aren’t manditory unless it says so in the description of the task but it is always fun to do them when you have a moment. One can go back and redo some tasks as well (the writing prompts) as many times as they want for any of the characters they want. 

what’s a grammar rule you find yourself breaking or ignoring a lot? A lot of them!  I tend to ignore ain't (ain’t isn’t a word) a lot, starting a sentence with because is another one I forget often.

are there any languages besides english in which you think you could comfortably roleplay? Only know English but I really wish I could write in Italian and speak it because it is beautiful and a  family member knew it but that died with them. English is comfortable and only language I know so sadly I am unable to write in another

how often do you reach for a synonym dictionary when writing? how about mentally? I often reach for it because my brain seems ti forget basic words (Day before yesterday, I couldn’t spell decide right and it looked wrong to me even when it was spelled right). I am always looking to improve my writing

how often do you need to translate your own or the other’s writing with a dictionary or google when writing and reading replies? Often enough and sadly sometimes it is my own writing that needs to be googlged. I use google for words that I am blanking on.

do you listen to music while you write? Yes! I listen to a lot of 1. sexual music 2. rap (that I can’t understand at all) 3. country music 4. pop music. If I am not listening to music, I am listening to my tv (But that turns out to be a bad idea in the end because I get distracted more than music does).

do you have ideal writing circumstances when you can do a lot of drafts or tackle really long ones very easily? Writing laying in my bed (If my hips hurt too much to sit up which sadly that has been happening a lot lately) with my dog curled up at my feet or side. Long replies (four paragraphs and above) can be really easy for me at times and I do prefer them to short ones but they also end up sometimes being the ones to stay in my drafts a lot time because if i have no muse for it, it isn’t getting done (On my indie)

are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer? night writer! I tend to get a lot of inspiration right when I settle down to go to bed and then I end up spending an hour longer tackling drafts until my head hurts. I do write replies at all times of the day!

how does tiredness affect your writing? If my vision is blurring and I can’t think a solid sentence ahead of time, the reply becomes sloppy and I am embarrassed to post it but I normally do just to get it out of my drafts. But on the flip side? Sometimes I write the best writing that I love when I am so tired that I just can't think straight for more than a minute.

have you ever written a serious reply intoxicated? No. I can honestly say I haven’t 

how much do you proof-read as you are writing vs. proof-read at the end? Sometimes I don’t proof-read at all? If I am in a hurry there is none at all but I tend to do a little bit of both any other time.

when you are writing a reply, how much ahead in the thread do you plan? Sometimes I plan ten steps ahead for my character other times I stay in the moment. Emotional replies, I want to stay in the moment to stay natural.

is there ever been a time when you’ve had to drop a roleplaying partner because you’ve found their writing style exhausting? I have done it a few times in the indie world. If I am putting in more effort than my partner (One liners to a reply we started that was three paragraphs) or something, I tend to drop but in groups, I stick with it because it is the right thing to do. You join a group to be active with all members and not just some.

does writing roleplay things in public spaces make you uncomfortable? I don’t really rp out and about. I am at someone’s house or my own when I do it.

what do you do after you see a person has replied? do you read it immediately, or do you wait for it to show up on the dash? do you like it, draft it immediately, etc? I will draft it immediately and then read it (generally)

how often do you need to change the icon in your reply while or after writing the reply? Once or twice in some replies, not often but I do spend a lot of time looking for the ‘right’ icon/gif for my replies

do you first get in the “zone” when writing, or do you start writing and “enter” it that way? I tend to enter the zone when I write and not just be in it when I start.

what is your biggest obstacle to writing every day, if time doesn’t count? Muse in general? If I don’t have muse for drafts, chances are I don’t rp that day. If I am lacking muse for one thread I was looking forward to getting, I spend a while sulking. I also have to say pain (Physical) can keep me offline for a while and that is an obstacle for sure.

how many drafts is a paralysing amount? I have had 30 some replies (Do Believe I had that now on my indie) and that is an amount that has me looking at the number and just freezing up. It gets that way when 1. I don’t say no to an idea that I dislike and would have no muse for 2. I don’t know when to close a thread 3. I have no three. This isn’t in a rp group that this happens though. 

if you are writing a wrong reply that’s not working out, do you save what you have to be continued at another date, or do you scrap it and rewrite? I have done both. I have a talent for writing half a reply, saving and coming back to it and scrapping the whole thing a day later. 

does making icons give or take away energy to write? what about other graphics? Making icons can give me so much muse or none at all. Making gifs does the same thing

longest reply you’ve ever writen on mobile? I have never written an rp reply on mobile before!

what’s your thought process when you format? any unspoken rules you follow? For me, it is always italic the thoughts of my character (so generally when you see italic it is the thoughts going through their mind). I don’t like to do overly formatted text. I have tried for like two replies and couldn’t do it plus I want my text to be readable so just simple small text and a few bolded words if I feel it is needed and italic thoughts is my thing.