Thread:Forrestib/@comment-28857181-20140716162517/@comment-5041507-20140716170329

well I'm pretty new too, so I might not be the best person to ask. I'll give it a shot though.

These people made pretty good guides:

http://rwbyfanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:ThanhnuFia/Role_Play_Guide

http://rwbyfanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ragadorus/Basic_RWBY_Fanon_Roleplaying_Tips

Ok, now I'll try to cover the basics. You're basically writing a collaborative fanfiction if you've ever done that. The main difference is that it is very strictly turn based. If you skip a bunch of peoples' turns they'll get pretty mad at you and might try to get you kicked from the RP. You will always go after the same person every round. In the SAO RP you'll always go after Sora Sky.

You want to mostly stick with controlling your character. It's ok to control some other elements of the world, but for the most part, just treat it the same as you would an RPG. Absolutely never take direct control over someone else's character. That, along with skipping turns, is one of the biggest no-nos of RPing.

Try to get some detail if you can. People like it when they can tell why your character did something. Better yet still if they can really read into what you write and tell what kind of person the character is. That might be a bit different for the SAO RP since your character is yourself. If you don't want to write your heart and soul out into the internet then don't worry about it. No-one's going to hold it against you as long as it's still clear what exactly you're doing.

I suppose the best tip I can give you is just to try and not worry about it too much. As long as you can really get into it, and get to have fun in the process, you'll probably be just fine. I know I worried way too much when I first started ( =