You should approach a RP you feel interested by and see if the GM appreciates your efforts; don’t let classists define how you look at enjoyable prospective projects. Ever.
I feel like this is a common concern. But no, you aren’t the only person who feels this way; I have many friends onsite who seem to still find the move to Advanced as this titanic and imposing thing, which I feel it is most definitely not. One could even argue that Advanced as a section isn’t even that rigid compared to how it was four-to-five years prior; back when RPG was a different site in terms of population and tone. So let me tell you something as a piece of reassurance— nobody is going to scoff at you and treat you unfairly for
trying.
When I first began reading roleplays (because I do that) in the Advanced section I wasn’t that much younger than I am now; it was three or maybe four years ago. Perhaps it was fortunate it was in a roleplay that was inviting, active, and communicative— but I wasn’t someone who never planned ahead in most of their roleplaying experiences and only could give out a small amount of detail, diction, and depth. I could maybe throw out two to four small paragraphs. It wasn’t until I was surrounded with these writers in this Advanced game that my prose improved as I tried to keep up on a level that my peers… my co-writers were putting out. It was great, and it wouldn’t have done me any good to sit by in fear of not being good enough.
Sometimes you just have to get your feet wet.
For these last few years I’ve used a friend’s personal definition of what Advanced is and represents, you may remember it from me posting it in the roleplay you almost joined that I am a semi-active participant in.
"Advanced roleplaying should focus on developing interesting and complex characters that become part of plot-lines which catch the imagination and inspire the writer behind them to exercise creativity. It is mature, humorous, imaginative, tragic, terrifying, passionate, and rife with descriptive language and characters with real personality and relatable cares. Quality posting is far better than needless novels, yet one should never neglect detail when one feels the need. However, while word and paragraph requirements ought to be unnecessary, single paragraphs cannot contain enough detail to suffice."
Notice key phrases I’ve outlined with the olive green.
As an advanced roleplayer (when I feel the inspiration) and GM I can tell you that I don’t expect people to write a 1,600 word long post— I don’t even in the cases I’m writing longer posts expect players to match it. I just expect them to be descriptive, imaginative, dedicated, and cooperative. You don’t need to pull out a thesaurus. Advanced is more about depth than it is quantity; or at least it is to me. I suppose another question is how earnest and passionate are you about your hobby? Is this just passing fluff or do you have fun playing off people and new worlds in a bigger scheme? Advanced roleplayers generally only want to make sure that their peers
care like they do about a project.
There are more specific answers I could give if needed, but I suppose that’s the gist of advice/thoughts on the subject from my end.
