For me I have a rather set process. First comes the idea, which is researched to no end for 2-6 months lol. (Seriously, I have notebooks for each rp)

	Then I create the Interest Check/OOC - they are one in the same for me. Everything gets posted at the onset in the Interest Check: rules, cs's, rs's, outline, etc. I even make sure to have at least my main characters CS fully completed before I post an Interest Check. 

	Once the Interest Check is posted, I let my core group of Rp Peeps know it is going and post the link in my signature, Profile Page, and in my Status Update. Then I wait. My interest checks are normally up for 3-7 days. If enough interest isn't posted by then, I move on an re-evaluate. 

	How many do I need to start an Rp, that depends. If it is from my core group I only need 2 to express interest. I know them, and I know between two of them and myself we can make it work and work well. With new comers, I estimate that only 1 in 4 new comers will actually fill out a CS and out of those 50% will drop before the first post. So I don't count on them as part of my numbers to start a new RP. If they work out, then wonderful! Fresh meat! If not, then I haven't placed the longevity of my RP on them. 

	Once the OOC goes up, it is usually 7 days before the IC goes up since I weave the PC's into the storyline. It takes me that amount of time to review the CS's and get their back stories worked in. Then the IC goes up. After that, it is 1 post per 7 days, Day 8 of no posting you are kicked. 

	7 Days works for me, others it might not. Granted my ways don't work for everyone but they work for me. I have a good track record of long term Rp's because of the way I do things and the Rpers that come to my RP's. (Currently have 3 Rp's that are over the 12 month running mark, 2 others that are closing in on a year and 1 that is approaching month 6. Most of them are second or third chapters in their RP, or an RP developed as a continuation of one that finished. All of them actually intertwine somewhere on what I refer to as the Lady A Universe, and two other GM's run Rp's on the forum that are on that same time line. I like to weave one hell of a web.)

	But again, that is me and my ways don't work for most. They just happen to work for me.