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In addition to dark's and plamzi's good advice, here are some basic but I think very important tips for good RP:

don't overthink it

It's very easy to get trapped into thinking you need to craft the perfect quip, sentence, paragraph, character description, history, etcetera. You can worry about all that stuff later. When you're in a RP situation, just do the next logical thing. Obviously, the thing you do should invite your RP partner to do something else. But just do the next logical thing. It doesn't have to be fancy, clever, or surprising. After you've RPed for a while you might surprise yourself when what your character does is clever and surprising.

Here are some helpful inner phrases to think about. Say these to yourself when you're presented with a situation you don't know how to respond to:

Adding

"Yes, and..."
"And furthermore..."
"And that means..."

Changing

"But only if..."


Notice how there are a lot more 'adding' phrases? .

Good luck!