WFWF General Discussion 2006: L.L.L.B.D.™'s Cattle Drive

It's tough coming up with a "meaty" story.

You're still early on enough with your character that the Play-Doh is still relatively soft, and you have a bit of wiggle room with exactly who you want your character to be. I often suggest to new writers that they look at their character in the frame of being an individual with a really unique job. From there, you have all the room in the world to explore how who your character is influences his motivations headed into the ring.

When I first started writing David Brennan, all he was was a working class skinhead looking to secure a financial cushion for himself and his fiancé. That was the beginning, middle, and end of it. Along the way, I used that to really flesh out his story - ex-Marine, former firefighter - here was a guy who'd sort of done it all just trying to get by, and now he'd come here to try and lock down something quick to give himself and his girl something to live on. Then I peeled back the layer and had him have this recessed drinking problem that he'd kept in check for so long, til the stresses of the job sort of dragged him back in. It got out of control, and while I paired up to team with Drakz and Kyzer, I went about this whole subplot of Brennan's family trying to pull him back, while his drinking made him a sh*ttier and sh*ttier person.

Start with something really small and you can, over time, peel away these layers as you get more comfortable fleshing out your story. Before you know it, you've got something with some real meat on the bone. You've just got to first figure out what kind of story YOU want to tell.

Agreed.  I've been an avid reader all my life, particular long multi-volume epics like Frank Herbert's Dune series and the alternate history series of Harry Turtledove.  The smallest word or sentence early on may seem insignificant but later on becomes something that can completely change up the story.  You have to plant lots of seeds early on.  Some of them pan out and others fizzle, but if you don't plant them then nothing will grow.

I certainly tried to do that in my first RP.  It's difficult to get started as a new character with no history in the WFWF so I had to create an extended family that I can use until Frank Lynn has some WFWF material to work with.  I also took advantage of the bio pages and the RPs I read to include a potential hook for future use.  In fact, it has already grown in my head to an epic tragedy/revenge story for a certain possible future opponent.  If it comes to that, I will have to read some Elmore Leonard to get me in the proper mood

How the hell do i make the writing in here colored? i tryed on my last RP and it didn't stay colored when I put it in here.

whats the code?

It all depends on what color you want. I personally keep mine simple with a black, which is like this ( [*b][*/b] without the asterisk  ).

Brennan can tell ya that with a family and a full time job, you try not to worry too much about coding.

Lol I don't even use code. I just use the options in the reply thing.

Just wait til the kid starts hijacking your phone while you try to write your rp and wait for the phone to ring for sub jobs.

The struggle is real friends.

I do to. It's just a more intuitive, visual way of coding.

I see that the award show is up and posted. I'll read and reply to it tomorrow.