SkyGinge
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SkyGinge's Writing Search
Who am I?
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Hi guys! My name is SkyGinge (though most people call me either Sky or Ginge, I have no preference), and I am a 21 year old English Literature and Creative Writing student from the UK. I was a regular on this site about three years ago, which included being a Helper for a little while; before that, I'd been RPing for about two years on a very small gaming forum. In that time I've mainly ran and participated in group RPs, the most successful of which ran for seven months and spurned two reboots. When university began I stepped down from my position and stopped frequenting the site because of how busy student life is; I've been coming back over the odd holiday but unfortunately reoccurant health issues have meant I've had to pull out of things.
But now I'm back, and I'm interested in beginning a 1-1 or two as I still really enjoy just writing for fun like this and would like to be more intentional with my rest time by doing something I actually enjoy. I know from past experience that I won't be able to commit to a group RP now with the demands of university, but I should be able to cope with posting regularly in a 1-1 setting where I have less to read through! Though I've been RPing for almost six years, I have very little experience with 1-1ing, with only two failed attempts under my belt (the first time my partner wasn't really contributing anything, the second time my partner suddenly fell into really bad health :/) but am excited to start writing here again!
Some last details you should know: I'm a Christian, a massive motorsport fan and a gamer!
I Write...
...in 3rd person, past tense. Normally.
...on site, on threads. Making use of the site for what it was designed for!
...as mainly male characters. I do have a few female roles I'd like to play as you'll see but largely I prefer writing male characters, and only heterosexual romances.
I'm Looking For...
...somebody with ideas. When somebody's doing all the story's heavy lifting, it's not really a 1-1 at all. I want to build a story with you, collaboratively. Come with an interesting set of ideas for your character, and a willingness to engage with and put effort into the world-building, the plot and the dynamic. Don't just be an echo chamber!
...somebody who doesn't mind not doing romance. Often in these things a romance plotline makes sense as an extra source of tension and intrigue, so I don't mind having a romance element - just it won't be the focal plotline, and I'm not one of those guys coming into this explicitly want to play out lovey-doveyness with a pairing.
...somebody who can put in some detail. I don't like to put a specific word-count on things as it's dependent on the scenario. If you're introducing a new setting or writing some action sequences, I'd expect quite a few paragraphs of engaging description. If however all the post requires is for your character to respond to some dialogue, nobody needs a forced four-paragraph soliloquy about how my character's 'hello' reminded them of the dying words of their goldfish Gerry. Either way though I expect writing to be of good quality. Grammar should be good and character should be multi-faceted and not just a cliche cookie-cutter ctrl-c job.
...somebody committed. We've all had that experience where the other person seems really excited for like a week and then promptly disappear off to better and brighter things. Don't be that guy. Over the Christmas break I'll be able to post probably once a day, when we get a week into January I'll probably have to go down to once every two or three days and I'll expect the same from you. Again post frequency should be dependent on the post size - I don't mind waiting a bit longer for an extra-spicy supreme post, but don't really want to wait a week for a few lines of response.
...somebody who can be a friend. Somebody who doesn't mind sharing a bit of their life in this too and engaging in some OOC. Admittedly I'm not very good at this myself so will need encouragement, but I'd like to get to know whoever I end up writing with. Great communication means that we can be more understanding when illness or deadlines or whatever interfere with our posting schedule, or if we find our motivation lacking.
To give a taste of what my writing is like, here and here are some links to posts of mine from the last few years. I'd also like a link to an RP you've been in if you're interesting in writing with me!
With the practicalities out of the way, let's get down to...
The Ideas
What I'm really interested in is crafting a world and a story together - approaching it with a common interest and a few ideas of potential plot arcs/world details which we can then fine-tune before we leap in. With that in mind, you'll notice a lot of these ideas are quite vague at the moment, with the expressed purpose of us working on them together. Bold means a character I would play, italics a character you would play, and the stars () show how interested I am in each individual idea.
If you're interested in writing with me, please reply either on here or in PM, including a link to a previous RP you've been in. Also if you have a particularly interesting idea feel free to pitch it to me, though remember I am a picky man and so if I reject it it's not necessarily because it's a bad idea! Additionally I'm only looking for a couple of people due to my business, so I may well have to reject a fair few people - sorry about that, but I'd rather be fair in my commitment to a few than overcommit and let everybody down! I also have a few other character ideas/very basic plot/world ideas which I couldn't form into a decent pitch but am itching to use if the opportunity presents itself!
Looking forward to starting writing again!
Who am I?
View media item 33144(or not...)
Hi guys! My name is SkyGinge (though most people call me either Sky or Ginge, I have no preference), and I am a 21 year old English Literature and Creative Writing student from the UK. I was a regular on this site about three years ago, which included being a Helper for a little while; before that, I'd been RPing for about two years on a very small gaming forum. In that time I've mainly ran and participated in group RPs, the most successful of which ran for seven months and spurned two reboots. When university began I stepped down from my position and stopped frequenting the site because of how busy student life is; I've been coming back over the odd holiday but unfortunately reoccurant health issues have meant I've had to pull out of things.
But now I'm back, and I'm interested in beginning a 1-1 or two as I still really enjoy just writing for fun like this and would like to be more intentional with my rest time by doing something I actually enjoy. I know from past experience that I won't be able to commit to a group RP now with the demands of university, but I should be able to cope with posting regularly in a 1-1 setting where I have less to read through! Though I've been RPing for almost six years, I have very little experience with 1-1ing, with only two failed attempts under my belt (the first time my partner wasn't really contributing anything, the second time my partner suddenly fell into really bad health :/) but am excited to start writing here again!
Some last details you should know: I'm a Christian, a massive motorsport fan and a gamer!
I Write...
...in 3rd person, past tense. Normally.
...on site, on threads. Making use of the site for what it was designed for!
...as mainly male characters. I do have a few female roles I'd like to play as you'll see but largely I prefer writing male characters, and only heterosexual romances.
I'm Looking For...
...somebody with ideas. When somebody's doing all the story's heavy lifting, it's not really a 1-1 at all. I want to build a story with you, collaboratively. Come with an interesting set of ideas for your character, and a willingness to engage with and put effort into the world-building, the plot and the dynamic. Don't just be an echo chamber!
...somebody who doesn't mind not doing romance. Often in these things a romance plotline makes sense as an extra source of tension and intrigue, so I don't mind having a romance element - just it won't be the focal plotline, and I'm not one of those guys coming into this explicitly want to play out lovey-doveyness with a pairing.
...somebody who can put in some detail. I don't like to put a specific word-count on things as it's dependent on the scenario. If you're introducing a new setting or writing some action sequences, I'd expect quite a few paragraphs of engaging description. If however all the post requires is for your character to respond to some dialogue, nobody needs a forced four-paragraph soliloquy about how my character's 'hello' reminded them of the dying words of their goldfish Gerry. Either way though I expect writing to be of good quality. Grammar should be good and character should be multi-faceted and not just a cliche cookie-cutter ctrl-c job.
...somebody committed. We've all had that experience where the other person seems really excited for like a week and then promptly disappear off to better and brighter things. Don't be that guy. Over the Christmas break I'll be able to post probably once a day, when we get a week into January I'll probably have to go down to once every two or three days and I'll expect the same from you. Again post frequency should be dependent on the post size - I don't mind waiting a bit longer for an extra-spicy supreme post, but don't really want to wait a week for a few lines of response.
...somebody who can be a friend. Somebody who doesn't mind sharing a bit of their life in this too and engaging in some OOC. Admittedly I'm not very good at this myself so will need encouragement, but I'd like to get to know whoever I end up writing with. Great communication means that we can be more understanding when illness or deadlines or whatever interfere with our posting schedule, or if we find our motivation lacking.
To give a taste of what my writing is like, here and here are some links to posts of mine from the last few years. I'd also like a link to an RP you've been in if you're interesting in writing with me!
With the practicalities out of the way, let's get down to...
The Ideas
What I'm really interested in is crafting a world and a story together - approaching it with a common interest and a few ideas of potential plot arcs/world details which we can then fine-tune before we leap in. With that in mind, you'll notice a lot of these ideas are quite vague at the moment, with the expressed purpose of us working on them together. Bold means a character I would play, italics a character you would play, and the stars () show how interested I am in each individual idea.
- Fandom
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I have a few fandoms I'm interested in doing stuff with. I'm pretty flexible with stuff but prefer to do something new within the world as opposed to using pre-existing characters.
Other General Fandom Interests:
-Something else with POKEMON
-ATTACK ON TITAN using OCs.
-BOKU NO HERO/MY HERO ACADEMIA with either OCs or playing grown up versions of Deku and Uraraka, potentially with Bakugou thrown in for a good old love triangle. - Fantasy
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Whilst I love a good fantasy, I'm generally quite picky with the specifics of it. I don't particularly like highly political fantasy, stuff with all the classical high fantasy races or modern supernatural stuff, though I might be swayed by an interesting idea. Generally I like my fantasy familiar yet fresh, with perhaps an interesting magic system in a recognisable setting, be that medieval or modern.
- Futuristic
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I'm a big sucker for a good dystopia! I'm not massively science-savvy so incredibly technical sci-fi doesn't appeal to me - however, I'm down for a good human space romp, or something in the near future exploring some kind of new technology!
If you're interested in writing with me, please reply either on here or in PM, including a link to a previous RP you've been in. Also if you have a particularly interesting idea feel free to pitch it to me, though remember I am a picky man and so if I reject it it's not necessarily because it's a bad idea! Additionally I'm only looking for a couple of people due to my business, so I may well have to reject a fair few people - sorry about that, but I'd rather be fair in my commitment to a few than overcommit and let everybody down! I also have a few other character ideas/very basic plot/world ideas which I couldn't form into a decent pitch but am itching to use if the opportunity presents itself!
Looking forward to starting writing again!
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