Roleplay Online with RolePlayGateway

The Role Play Academy is responsible for guiding you to creating better characters, stories, and using better writing techniques when on the RolePlayGateway forums.

How does this work?
After you've signed up (see below), we'll keep an eye on your posts and give you helpful tips and hints.

Alright, let's get started.
Send a message to one of our faculty and ask your question. That's it! They'll respond back to you shortly. ^_^

Don't forget to include a link if you've got a question about a specific roleplay or storyline!

But I Want More!
Not satisfied? Still craving to step up to the next level of epic roleplay? Keep an eye on this forum for regular guides, tutorials, and discussions! We will post cool stuff for you on a regular basis, we promise.

There's also another great site that is a bit more like a formal school system (but don't worry, this one you'll enjoy!) that we officially recommend. Give the Official RolePlayAcademy a shot!

Articles of Awesomeness
Lots of link love. Labels and comments where possible. Will update as necessary. Linkbacks (if you're coming here from a search engine, and you want to give me some link love) can be point to this post, my personal blog, our roleplaying site, or you can totally just drop me a line here.


Articles We've Posted
Starter's Guide to Forum Roleplay
Tips for One-liners and Speed Posters
Advanced Roleplaying Concepts: Player Perception
Storytelling vs. Writing
Kurt Vonnegut teaches Roleplaying
Role Playing and the World Around You
Role Play Etiquette
Storytelling and Roleplay: Lead Characters
What the heck does that mean? (A guide to Role Play Terms.)

External Guides
Elliot Wilen's Defining RPG (2nd draft)
Maikl's How Not To Deal With Irritating Players
ChattyDM's Robin's Laws Revisited: Part 4, Creating Your Campaign
wickedthoughts' Santa Vaca: Game Balance (Also, "Roleplaying in Spite of the Game")
Declassified: Managing Expections: Learned Behavior
Deeper in the Game: Fictional Positioning 101
Role Versus Player, Setting Objectives vs. Managing Expectations
Living Dice: How To Recruit a New Player
Fat Rat's The Three Laws of Emergent Story Motion