How do y'all do it lol

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I'm already hitting a wall with Apocalypse and drawing blanks on next roleplay. I don't really have much of a gimmick for him side from trying to keep the Demon at bay and the whole Apocalypse thing.

My problem (as you can tell from multitude of characters here) is can't find that right gimmick or hook to where writing roleplays consistently each week is a thing. Which sucks cause I do wanna compete and be apart of the community. Even had an idea for just using real name for a Kevin Owens esque character that just likes to fight as gimmick idea.

Ugh my brain and indecisiveness.

[Mikey eXtreme]

I always try to make my character able to just bounce from idea to idea. Don't worry about sticking him in one story or genre.

I've been writing Mikey eXtreme for 16 years or so. He changed a lot. Sometimes I just shrug everything off, change his backstory too.

If you're not working a story, just focus on your shoot. Write more about the match to balance it out. Eventually something will come to you (or fall into your lap).

['The Shine' Brent Alpine]

I know how you feel.

I had a gimmick recently called Emeka Nnamani and I was initially quite excited about it but quickly lost steam. Now I'm back as Alpine I feel I've got a lot of stories left in me. In fact, I'm at the point where I almost have too much to write about and need to know what to prioritise. This is a good place to be but I'm not sure why I couldn't get to it as Emeka.

I'd advise you devise a character that either 1) you really relate to, 2) you really aspire to be like or 3) you really hate and don't aspire to be like. The character should draw some sort of emotional response from you and carry at least some part of your own nature. It could be said that writing is a chance for you to live out fantasies or nightmares vicariously.

It's also key for your character to build relationships. Currently Alpine has three managers/carers and there are lots of social dynamics at play. You will naturally have more to write about the more you interact with other WCF characters or your own supporting cast.

Hoping you get on track because you're a good member of the roster.

["The Black Dragon" Alex Jones]

Try working with others or creating new side characters or doing flashbacks or write out a week by week story arc

[Kevin Bishop]

you have the goal of keeping the demon at bay... the internal struggle should start to play out in your matches. take some loses for the sake of pushing your story forward and let the demon prove that you need him to win. I always enjoyed the split personality characters or if you’re trying to go the supernatural direction that’s cool too. I personally thought Finn’s demon is truly another side of him that actually attacked Hideo Itami last year before that big match, atleast that’s my theory for when Hideo comes back to NXT. Anyway, if I were you, don’t give up on this character and if you want to go the route of Kevin Owens-esque… Just know that there’s way more to Owens than him being a “prize fighter”, I think it’s his mouth that makes him as awesome as he is. He doesn’t stop talking and he trolls the fans as much as us internet smart marks do. (Just stating that because Steen/Owens is my all time favorite wrestler from the indies and I’ve followed his career as well as Generico/Zayn.)

[Seth]

Start by getting your ideas for your roleplay from your opponent(s) and their characters and what you can write relating to them. There's always something!, and each week you've got someone different to focus on so you'll always get different ideas each week hopefully.

[Severan King]

Characters evolve. Think of decent RPs where that demon slips. Show us what has happened before to make him want to keep it at bay. The potential is always there. Hitting a wall happens. I remember back in the day when I was first into all of this I thought I hit a wall early on. What got me out of it? Feuding with my best real life friend. He was in the same fed and he really caused me to up my game and force my character to evolve and transition into something more. Don't get discouraged just yet. Give it some time. Give us some history about your character. You'll bounce back.

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Thanks y'all for the feedback, I'll take what was said and try to power through hehe.

[Greybeard]

Jun 1, 2016 16:05:04 GMT -5 apocalypse said:

I'm already hitting a wall with Apocalypse and drawing blanks on next roleplay. I don't really have much of a gimmick for him side from trying to keep the Demon at bay and the whole Apocalypse thing.

My problem (as you can tell from multitude of characters here) is can't find that right gimmick or hook to where writing roleplays consistently each week is a thing. Which sucks cause I do wanna compete and be apart of the community. Even had an idea for just using real name for a Kevin Owens esque character that just likes to fight as gimmick idea.

Ugh my brain and indecisiveness.

My advice (I never won much here) is to just have fun.  This isn't serious business.  Figure out ways you can make the character interesting for YOU to write.  You'll find people who want to do angles with you, talk to Seth, and make those what you want them to be.

[Teo Blaze]

First I take a long hard look at myself in the mirror, then I pay a goblin to write it for me.


Okay, that's not true.

The way that I wrote Teo and will likely continue to write Blaze is situationally. What do I mean by that? Well, I'll respond with something I heard at some point and have now completely forgotten (as customary in my homeland).

One of the reasons that Daffy Duck is such a perfect character is because you can put him in any situation and you'll have a story. Even sticking him in a setting opens up opportunity. 

Put Daffy Duck on a cruise ship, what would he do? Well, he'd likely not actually be there legitimately and thus you could have a short about him escaping the captain. Maybe he gets into an argument with a performing ventriloquist? Maybe he wants to get into the buffet but a crazy fitness instructor won't let him (that's more donald duck, but the point stands).

With my characters, usually it's a similar situation. I once wrote an entire RP that was just Teo and Spencer walking through a mall, at one point comparing Zombie McMorris to Hot Topic.

One time I had Teo giving an interview while selling Ice Cream bars to the fans.

One time I had Teo bungee jumping off of a cliff to conquer his fear of inadequacy as Television Champion.

One time I had him in a bar to meet a friend and he ended up rescuing a waitress from a drunk.

None of this really had that much to do with my opponents, but it provided a situation with which to develop the character. Now I don't know that apocalypse would be able to walk through a mall or anything, but I always find that a good starting point is to find a mundane situation for these characters to start in, and then add flourishes in how they handle it.

With humor, You could write an RP about making pancakes that is one of the funniest things you will ever see, not because he's doing anything funny, but because the CHARACTER makes the segment amazing.


For non-humor and/or Drama, I've always been of the opinion that less is more. In my most recent RP I spent like 600 words describing a hallway lol. But in my head I've always written those promo scenes like I'm writing a movie. It was a very important establishing shot where the 'viewer' is whisked down a spooky hallway to a boiler room, but then again in doing so it established a mood. That really is a key factor as well, you have to find a way to let the reader know when you're being serious. But the strongest characters operate on a spectrum. You have to have if not necessarily a sense of humor, a bit of humanity to make the guy compelling. Even characters like Spawn or the Punisher have moments of humanity. Though I would warn you now that if you only write drab or depressing then you're going to burn out sooner or later.

Just some thoughts from my brain lol. 

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I know what I wanna do now...