It's been a very long time since I've actually made an RP post. Well, it had been a very long time since I made an actual RP post - I just made my first one today.
And it took a surprising amount of effort, I'm not sure if I really remember how to do this. My post ended up being a lot longer than I had anticipated, and it said a whole lot less than I wanted it to.
One of things that I was struggling with, and that I remember only barely grasping when I was younger, was how much you can direct where the story is going. If you're RPing with another person, how much control do you have over what the other character does? Over how the react? Over what happens in the story in general.
It's hard to estimate what is an acceptable amount, you have to have some inkling of what the other person wants and how the other character acts. You have to be cautious when you write what another person does, in fact I would be inclined to think that you need to limit it as much as possible.
However! If you limit it too much, your entire post will be just describing how pretty the walls are. I suspect it will take me a while to figure this out again in practice. I've done it before so I'm confident I'll figure it out though.
Overall though, it felt good to press the submit button again. The whole experience was like having an old friend that you haven't seen in years move back into your life. Writing was like spending an afternoon with this prodigal friend, and submitting a post was hugging them with the knowledge that you'll be hugging them again shortly.
Blogging on the other hand is completely new to me. Now I feel like I'm hesitantly hugging a stranger while I press this particular submit button.