How to Create an E-Fed Wrestling Roleplay

Welcome to the world of online fantasy wrestling! Many E-Feds have their own standards on what makes a good roleplay, but there are many things you can do on any forum to create interesting characters and readable segments.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• An account with an online wrestling federation, such as gfedwrestling.com.
• A character
• Time to devote to writing each week.

1. Create an account with an online wrestling federation. From there, you can join a federation. Pay careful attention to the rules and requirements, so that you are writing often enough and are aware of the options you have for character development. You may be able to write role plays, short bits called segments which will be featured during matches, and add commentary to the matches themselves.
2. Create your character. Take into account whether your character will be a face (good) or a heel (bad). What is your character's gimmick? You can create a realistic character or one that is more dramatic and outrageous. Is your character serious or funny? If you are looking for a challenge, try creating a character who uses a special speech pattern or accent, or using an inanimate object with a narrator. The more gimmicks you give a character, the more challenging and fun the writing will be.
3. Decide on a storyline. This will be what you use to write a role play around. For example, maybe your character is looking to join a stable, or is offering to create an alliance with another wrestler. Maybe he or she is looking for corporate sponsorship. A good storyline will allow you to produce several role plays and will give you ample opportunity to develop your character.
4. Put your role play together. A role play is anything that will further your character development and push a storyline. You could format the role play as a scene in which a character talks to a camera, or an interview with a television or radio personality. Diary entries, scenes from the character's home life, public service announcements or even sponsorship ads can be considered a role play. Be creative, and try to use a variety of formats from week to week. As a beginner, you may simply start out by discussing how you are going to dominate the upcoming match. If you do not have a match that week, your character could lament that he does not have a match. A more experienced role player may have a whole back story to develop.
5. No matter what format you are using for your role play, remember to always use it for character development. In addition, a good role play should also work in the feelings or thoughts about the previous week's match, and a mention of some sort of preparation for the upcoming match. If you do not have any matches you can discuss the past or upcoming event in general. If your online federation had a television show and your role play was "shown" on air, would it make sense and add to your story line? Keep that in mind as you write.
6. Try to make your role plays continuous from week to week. If your character is looking for a sponsorship deal one week, have him woo another large company the next week or the week after. Continuity makes for a good story line, and it also helps you come up with ideas more easily.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are stumped for ideas or want to know if there is anything specific your fed is looking for, discuss it on their forums, or email the federation owner.
• A good role player is a good reader. Read everyone's contributions and take note of what you liked or didn't like. Try to learn from more experienced role players.
• Make friends with other role players. It will be easy to form alliances and feuds which will benefit your writing.
• Never use another role player's character in your role play without his or her consent. It is fine to mention or direct comments to the character, but you can't speak FOR their character or give it actions.
• Remember that you and your character are separate entities. If someone's character wants a feud it doesn't mean that they don't like you. Chances are they like your writing style and would welcome the opportunity to play off each other's role plays.