Tonight's lecture:  Variety is the spice of life.  Well, next to nutmeg.

As a writer, when you RP, you should make sure you say something different 
than the last RP.

"I do!  I change what my wrestler says all the time!"  I hear you saying.

That's not what I said now, is it?

I said as a writer.

If you're going to do every single RP from either:  a gym; the mansion/house;
the dressing room, then try to say you're being "different" because your
character is saying something different - you aren't.

Narrative and location can say so much more than a person's dialouge ever can.

Obviously, if you handle a loudmouth character, I'm not saying go against
his/her gimmick, and have him/her silent throughout the entire RP... But the
location should serve a purpose as something other than to flesh out your "k-
count" of your RP.


 **Example 1**
 
  (Fog.  A murky, grey cloud of fog.  It engulfs most of the screen, the
  only other thing visible is a dirty, muddy ground.  The camera follows a
  trail left - in the ground - of footprints.  The fog swirls, spirals, and
  spins around as the camera chases the trail.  Finally, after a few moments,
  we see the feet which match the prints.  The camera pans out, and the fog,
  as mysteriously as it had been there, slowly dissipates.  Mr. Smith is left 
  standing, dressed in his usual black trenchcoat.  In his left hand, he holds
  a shovel.  Behind him, and, well, all around him, for that matter, are
  tombstones.  He gazes deep within the camera.)
 
  Mr. Smith:  I'm coming for you, Alex.

 
 **Example 2**
 
  (Mr. Smith opens the front door to his house, and taps his feet on the 
  front step a couple of times to shake off the loose snow.  Removing his
  winter apparel - coat, touque, mittens, the whole bit - he makes his way
  to the living room.  Tossing his seasonal gear on one side of the couch,
  he sits on the other end, and puts his head deep in thought.  A few moments 
  pass, then he looks back up at the camera.)
 
  Mr. Smith:  I'm coming for you, Alex.


Same person, same sentence - totally different things said.  Follow?

The first one is some dark mysterious character who, even though he said the 
amount of words as the second, comes off as a silent type, no?  Whereas the 
second one, seems to be a bit uneasy/unfocused about the whole Alex thing.


"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, 
the wise grows it under his feet." - James Oppenheim