Wow, I need a lot of help. I'm quite overwhelmed.

Hello, hi. I guess I should start by introducing myself?

First off, thank you sincerely for taking the time to read this. My name is Elenore (I realize the spelling is weird. My school even spelled it wrong on my high school diploma.) and I basically live for the tediousness of character building. I really, really love throwing characters into situation "arenas" and analyzing how they would properly react. Anyway, although I have been writing/roleplaying as long as I can remember, I could never muster the right amount of confidence to join an actual "community" dedicated to these sort of things I like. My only serious roleplays have been more intimate one-on-ones with friends. Roleplaying on boards with multiple people was kind of a distant idea that I always wanted to do eventually, but at the time it seemed tedious. Well, my friends and I are all off to college, and while they'll be too busy to continue our elaborate, years-in-process roleplays once they begin classes, I'm going to be thrown into creative writing labs where I'll have no choice but to expose my ideas to the public and pump out words and ideas at a breakneck pace - and trust me, it's not going to be an easy adaption.

Baby steps, right? I figure now is a good as any time to join a forum... I can get used to putting my characters out there and eventually grow and improve from it. Plus, hopefully I'll get to meet some awesome people as an addition.

I have no idea what's here and no idea how all of this works. I can only tell you what I'm used to and what I've done in the past, and hopefully some helpful person might lead me in the right direction!

So, here are the type of roleplays I'm used to:
- modern, for the most part realistic roleplays
- or time-period genres (ex: frontier, old west, depression era, etc.)
- all original characters
- mature, well thought out writing, but without that kind of "uncomfortably uptight" atmosphere
(I believe it's good to have others above and below your own skill level because you can grow, and others can grow and learn from you.)
- heavily character based, situation based. less "epic" plot style, more character... very in-depth character development
- character interactions that make sense, are well-developed, etc.

My first question... would I be able to find these here, and how? I majority of what I saw were fantasy roleplays, which are cool but not really my style.

Also, do people ever practice "one on one" style roleplays in this community? Is there a topic on roleplay forum etiquette I could read? Being a first-timer to these forums so late in the game, will it be difficult to be "let in" to roleplays?

And one more question for now... I saw a characters tab in the profile section, but I couldn't figure out how to add a character and there were no links. How does that work? How do others usually set up character profiles; what's expected?

Much, much, much appreciation to you for reading my ramblings, and I'm very glad to meet you. Also, even if your genres vary from mine, I'm open to new ideas and I would still love to meet you!

Thanks,
Ele

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