Is that really common? OMGWHY??? What's wrong with a normal set of punctuation with either "" or a - for speech and plain text for everything else? And what about the characters thoughts and feelings? Are they more action-like or speech-like? Is the writer not supposed to be inside their character's head?
I know I'm not all that experienced with RP. I did it a couple of years and only in 2½ games, and I've stepped away from it entirely by now (it's not good for me, mentally. Triggers all kinds of insecurity issues for me), but if I were looking for one, that would be a deal-breaker for me.
I know I use the *action* in posts and comments and what-not but I think that's different. For one thing, they are not whole paragraphs and for another thing, it's not FICTION. Fiction, unless you're trying for pretentious and/or poetic, should follow the general rules of writing, which includes proper punctuation.
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Date: 2010-06-02 01:35 pm (UTC)I know I'm not all that experienced with RP. I did it a couple of years and only in 2½ games, and I've stepped away from it entirely by now (it's not good for me, mentally. Triggers all kinds of insecurity issues for me), but if I were looking for one, that would be a deal-breaker for me.
I know I use the *action* in posts and comments and what-not but I think that's different. For one thing, they are not whole paragraphs and for another thing, it's not FICTION. Fiction, unless you're trying for pretentious and/or poetic, should follow the general rules of writing, which includes proper punctuation.