#rtutorial

Now, when you want to make a roleplay, you have to consider a few things. What type of roleplay do you want to make? I often see that bio and oc roleplays have more detailed plots, while appless are the more simple. That's all okay and dandy, but you still may be wondering, 'dear lord, how do i pick a plot?'

THEME

I'm not talking about the theme for your blog, I'm talking about what air you want your roleplay to give off. There can be any number of roleplays, from supernatural themes, to the regular old lovey dovey, to crime, to competition, it ranges. Ask yourself, what do I want to roleplay? Narrowing it down will help a lot, because once you've picked the general vicinity in which you want to roleplay to be about, it's a ton easier to decide the little details. 

MUSIC

Deciding on a song to go along with the plot always helps, I think. The lyrics can be the baseline for your plot, I find that if you take ideas from songs it makes things a lot easier to flow, especially if you love the song a lot, coming up with something based off of it isn't hard at all.

BRAINSTORMING

Most roleplays have co admins, yes? Get together with your roleplay friends and talk about plots you haven't seen in a while! This can help, because two heads are better than one. Maybe two of you have a cool idea, you can combine them and make something even more cool and original!

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT

Is there something that you've just been dying to roleplay? Make one! Want fluffy ships? Make a roleplay where you can have that! In the roleplay community, people will apply for just about anything, so really, what you want, you'd be surprised at how many other people want it as well. 

For a bio roleplay:

With a bio roleplay, it is really important that you have a well developed plot. Along with your well developed bios, of course. But the bios can aide to your plot, so make sure you pick something that is easy to write characters to go along with. I find that apartment/town rps are good for this style, because it gives a lot of room for character development. So, although your plot can be kind of basic, it still has the ability for twists and turns. 

For an OC roleplay:

With an OC roleplay, PLOTS ARE CRUCIAL. Since everyone will be making their own character, your plot has to be well thought out and well developed, so people can understand what they need to do character wise. These work well with absolutely any type of roleplay, you just have to be careful about picking plots where people would be paired together, because you have to think about the fact that some people may not want that pairing. 

For an appless roleplay:

These plots can be SO simple. So, if you're really not willing to put a ton of effort into a plot, I find that these are the best. Songs usually work well with these types of roleplays, base your plot off of one and you'll be good to go.

So, remember what I said about the plot not having to be completely original, but something you love? One last thing to remember is to NEVER copy someone else's plot. While it can be close, it never needs t stray right along that line of being copied.