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Q&A How to determine which details are important enough to be mentioned in a text-based roleplay?

I have recently joined a real-time chat-based roleplay group. Most of the people seem to be sticking to 100 to 250 words when it comes to making their posts, but sometimes I get overly descriptive ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Maiko Chikyu‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:25:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40887
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Maiko Chikyu‭ · 2019-12-08T10:25:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have recently joined a real-time chat-based roleplay group. Most of the people seem to be sticking to 100 to 250 words when it comes to making their posts, but sometimes I get overly descriptive and cause my roleplay partners to wait, and sometimes I feel I don't provide enough detail.

What I wish to ask is, while writing a roleplay post, how can I decide what parts I should embellish and what parts to avoid writing about?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-12-25T08:09:44Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 6