Any tips on how to be motivated and get to posts?

Sup guys, its ur man, FlowerBoy,

Just here to ask a question; How do y'all stay motivated and focused when replying to threads? I struggle with getting to them, but then I just bum myself out knowing that the person I'm RPing with is probably waiting for a reply, and then I don't wanna get to it even more- it's just this cycle I can't seem to break... so...

any tips? tricks? srsly I'd try like Troom Troom life hacks for this lmao

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A good but long of term tip; don't worry about what others think about you and your posting. It's hard but it does work. It's how I reply like speed, unbothered, and motivated to just get the post done before I'm buried. I just enjoy the task, not make it seem like a chore. If you do that, you'll be golden. I've been on sites where post length was a thing. Be it short or long, it irritated me a lot when people judged me on my speed and my posts. 

It's a long process of stopping to care. It is very hard and doesn't work for some folks; just enjoy what you do and find people who support and enjoy your posts. I know I do! Always happy to role play with you and I don't care about waiting. We all wait in the end, for posts, and it's fine to take your time. Just don't let yourself bury itself. One tip I do is not match the post length of my partner; I pluck the meaty sections out of a post and focus on them instead.

Another thing I do for my sanity is; balancing. Honestly, a trick to do is look at the text box/Source box and write two or three sentences in it. Move into the new paragraph then, writing two or three. It balances you, calms you in a subtle way due to balancing the formatting a bit. I always try to write 2-4 blocks and move on. Slap it up. 

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honestly, do short posts. i literally have never done a successful (?) spree in a thread in my rp'ing career until yesterday night on another site, because i sent of maybe 10 sentences max. you can always choose to go more in depth when u want to or have time, but you'll knoct out those owed threads so so fast.

motivation wise, i say take a break and come back! it worked for me personally. everyone acknowledges that this a hobby, no one will or at least shouldn't hold it against you for taking your time or making short posts. if it helps, personally i'm not really bent on people replying to me and when. sure a thread can be exciting or plot-centered, but if i have to wait three weeks for a reply, so be it! there are lots of other things to occupy me anyways so maybe thats why i dont mind as much, lol.

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Short posts when I don't want to reply to something.

OR, one of the things I've started to do is check in with my thread partner to see about doing one of two things:

1. When creating a thread, I ask the person I mean to thread with if I can dump the characters already into whatever the scenario is. For instance, rather than starting a hunt thread where they are talking about doing a hunt, I might have them already in mid-chase because it's more interesting.
   
   
2. When a thread is outdated or just dull, I ask the other party if I can fade the thread in a way that makes sense. Threads don't need to end with a ribbon all tied up and nice. They can end on a sensible note where it's clear what happens next.
   

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Ty guys! I rlly appreciate the help! Gonna try rest up with some short posts here and there, since i’ve been a bit unwell lately. Ly <3

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Everyone has some really good tips, taking a break does help a lot. My own sometimes is pushing forward, but what really helps my muse, won't lie, would be comics/manga/anime, warrior maps, general short animations on youtube.. Heck, regular television. If something reminds me of my character, it gives me great muse to want something similar to that and build to said character idealization or form a plot around it.

I'm a big envisionist, I really love to see my characters, and imagine what they can do or what they can be in. The what ifs of scenarios, for example: it drives a hard muse to see whether if a character lost or won. The fallout of the losing, the honor they'd feel on winning, and the imagination of what goes around to that.

And I just want to assure you, I don't mind any wait on posts between us, we all have activity spurts. Heck, sometimes some of my characters are ignored for months. Sometimes I archive threads after a month, and I don't mine vice versa, but I'm always open to either un-archive (we can ask staff!) or make a new one!! Sometimes really gotta do a refresher and just.. Archive all threads, and that's ok! Most, if not all, understand this, especially if they aren't important plot-points. Its always nice to give a heads up to your partners in that scenario.

Muse is tricky, it comes and goes, gotta do what you gotta do.

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