I have been role playing for around 13 years now, and I can tell you one thing.. You may start a character with a plan in mind for them, but the more you play them, the more they develop. The more they develop and change, they start to take on a life of their own. You will find yourself thinking "What would this character do?" And sometimes what the character would do, and what you want her to do, are two very different things.<br/><br/>My unasked for advice to any new RPr is to think about it before you hit post. Write from your characters perspective of how you think they would react, and not how you think they should react. Sometimes you might need to push them around a bit and force them to do things that go against their character, for the sake of the story, but the less you do this, the more real your character becomes.<br/><br/>When it comes to spelling - my spelling is atrocious! I use the firefox web browser because it underlines my spelling errors in red so they are easier to catch. Then it's a matter of proof reading enough so I catch silly things like lack of apostrophes or improper use of words.<br/><br/>13 years and my spelling and typing has only marginally improved lol.<br/><br/>One thing I dislike about forum RP is the inability to properly format paragraphs. You cannot indent, so adding that extra line between paragraphs really really really helps to make reading paragraphs easier. You don't have to sort through a wall of text.<br/><br/>Ok, Theres my 5 cents. I'll hush now!