(08-20-2014, 01:10 PM)Jancis Wrote: Where is a good line of IC and OOC to say "I have a little plot if you have the time." between Jancis' awkward apologies and trying to tell someone else about her troubles?
Still any ideas on how to recruit people into an active story?
It can be as simple as asking!Â
If you feel as if you need more IC contacts, you can start from something as basic as "Hey I like your character, let's figure out a way for them to meet IC if you're up for it", and start brainstorming an introductory storyline. From there, very often it'll start to snowball as your character becomes connected to others from this introduction.
Making that connection on its own is a sort of active roleplaying, because then by necessity, you start exploring how your character would break away from their comfort zone. Challenge yourself on how well you know the intricacies of your character: what motivates them to live day by day? What goals do they possess? How important is familiarity to them? Do they prefer the spiritual and faithful, or the material and the tangible?
From there, you can start thinking about how to approach others, or how your character might establish new connections.
