(07-01-2015, 12:31 PM)Verad Wrote: No purple prose, be concise, don't tell the other character what yours is thinking in internal monologue, so on. These aren't universal truths of writing; they're culturally and historically-situated literary tastes which have somehow managed to live beyond their purpose for the aesthetic movements which spawned them. The sooner they die, or the sooner they are recognized as tastes and not as fundamentals, the better.
There's a reason this style sticks as a default. Â Purple prose takes a lot of time to write, and inflates an RP time of say, 30 minutes, to an hour to hours depending on how many people are getting fancy with their wording.Â
Internal monologues are normally avoided because, well, RP is a group effort, a conversation in process, and you don't NORMALLY see what's going on inside someones head. Â You see their face, their body language, you hear their voice. Â You don't know that that bundle of flowers reminded our protagonist that he needs to visit his mother, she's been ill lately.
The style is default BECAUSE it's practical and concise. Â It also has it's place, and YOU ARE FREE TO VIOLATE it, but keep in mind time constraints because this kind of writing and metaphysical engagement hooks more time onto the already length RP process.
Edit: As you might tell, Extreme Length Typing Roleplay when I'm time constrained is a concern of mine. ;_;