Post by Riley Lo on Jun 19, 2012 16:47:42 GMT -5
Imagine for a moment that you are a fiction writer. You create a character, give her abilities and attributes, a history, needs and desires, a physical appearance, family and friends. Then you go about writing a story for her. You put her in a setting, throw in a dash of conflict and drama, and watch how her story unfolds.
Well, that's exactly what free form role playing (or FFRP) is, too. Only instead of the drama and characters with which your character interact being produced from your own mind, they're produced from the minds of fellow writers. Everything about your story is now interactive. Other writers have the ability to interact with your characters, your story, and your settings, bringing them alive and making them dynamic, fluid, and ever-changing.
Like Dungeons & Dragons, you take on a role--that of your character. But that's where the similarities end. There is only one hard and fast rule to FFRP, and that's respect. Respect for other writers, their stories, settings, and characters. Beyond that one tenant, the sky's the limit. Whatever you can imagine can become fodder for the stories you and your fellow writers can produce.
FFRP can take on many different forms, either through collaborative writing on the forums, or live in a chat room or instant messages. Often people will edit logs of live play sessions and post them to a forum so that everyone in the community can follow their stories.
If you're curious about FFRP, why not join us? Make a character, write out a profile and a little bit of history, and then jump right into the action!
Well, that's exactly what free form role playing (or FFRP) is, too. Only instead of the drama and characters with which your character interact being produced from your own mind, they're produced from the minds of fellow writers. Everything about your story is now interactive. Other writers have the ability to interact with your characters, your story, and your settings, bringing them alive and making them dynamic, fluid, and ever-changing.
Like Dungeons & Dragons, you take on a role--that of your character. But that's where the similarities end. There is only one hard and fast rule to FFRP, and that's respect. Respect for other writers, their stories, settings, and characters. Beyond that one tenant, the sky's the limit. Whatever you can imagine can become fodder for the stories you and your fellow writers can produce.
FFRP can take on many different forms, either through collaborative writing on the forums, or live in a chat room or instant messages. Often people will edit logs of live play sessions and post them to a forum so that everyone in the community can follow their stories.
If you're curious about FFRP, why not join us? Make a character, write out a profile and a little bit of history, and then jump right into the action!