[s]A-are we allowed to mention the simplicity of spellchecking without the unleashing the hounds now?[/s]

[@Peridot] I wouldn't worry about that, this is the bitching thread after all. I don't think pointing out personal grievances with people's writing is even remotely unfair. This is a writing community, the only way to actually improve, is knowing where you struggle. If this thread ever had a positive point, it's things like this. Writing things that someone could read, seeing problems that reflect theirs and instead of shooting the messenger, realize they have those problems and try harder.

For the particular thing you're discussing, it sounds like when people are balancing simple vs purple prose. You're noticing people writing rather straight laced reactions to situations, instead of having any attempt to be flowery in the description to make it more engaging to read. I'm sure everyone has done that for simplicity's sake. But you're right, it's often better writing to express it through other means besides just saying someone was angry or sad. Though like someone already said, you need balance or you'll go too far in the other direction. Which I can attest, is more unpleasant to read, least in my case. In most cases, it's best to keep it brief, yet still more complex. Using analogies or metaphors for instance...

[@Inkarnate] I've seen it everywhere personally. But I've already been down that road... 

Most roleplay writing isn't exactly equivalent to a novel, though it doesn't need to be and it's not really any fault of their own. Collaborative work just isn't as cohesive as someone writing for themselves. Even in other mediums, movies and music written by a dozen people (like directors/lyrics writers) usually don't feel as unique or well produced. And often, novels have editors and multiple drafts and even more often, roleplayers indignantly refuse to edit their work even once. Hence the lack of polish.

>My turn to bitch.

And before the hounds, totally don't selectively find their bone to pick (like the obnoxious bastards that they are...) My current problem is one that's entirely my own. Having way too many conflating/conflicting ideas when wanting to write a first chapter, which leads me to writing nothing or nothing worthwhile and getting nowhere. I hate when I feel like I'm being lazy, but at least in this instance, I guess I have more substantive reasons...

I've never really tried to start writing what interests me first, then writing the connective tissue, because I almost feel like that's cheating as a writer. Since all "good" media tends to build for a reason. Writing "the good stuff" then attempting to write around it, just seems unnatural to me...

Does anyone else here actually write in any pattern that isn't from beginning to end? (And do you find it successful?)

(And to make it about specifically roleplaying. Not writing in general.) There's one particular post I created with that idea in mind. To write what I wanted first and deal with the lesser ones later. And to be my own critic, because that's important too, I'd say the biggest problem with that post, is how uneven in quality the post actually was. One particular part just kind of sucked, it was so obviously hacked to the bone, because I wasn't feeling the section and the overall cohesion of the post probably fails, as best as I tried to connect the multiple (only partially connective) stories...

And now I'm considering to do it for something I plan to be a much, much longer piece of work...what could possibly go wrong?