What is your greatest weakness as a role player?

In a nutshell: plot.

Thinking of a plot before I even post is always antagonizing because I feel like I try either too little, too hard, or both at the same time when it comes to basic premise construction and getting caught up in trying to make something that hasn't been done a billion times over. And even when I get going in an RP, I feel like I get burnt out and run out of ideas to keep the story going. I'm trying to be a bit more organized as well as give myself a bit more wiggle room in terms of making things up during the actual roleplaying process so I can do better for myself in that department.
 
Squidward Uchiha said:
In a nutshell: plot.

Thinking of a plot before I even post is always antagonizing because I feel like I try either too little, too hard, or both at the same time when it comes to basic premise construction and getting caught up in trying to make something that hasn't been done a billion times over. And even when I get going in an RP, I feel like I get burnt out and run out of ideas to keep the story going. I'm trying to be a bit more organized as well as give myself a bit more wiggle room in terms of making things up during the actual roleplaying process so I can do better for myself in that department.
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I have a somewhat similar issue. When I get an idea for a new RP, I usually get so excited about starting it that I don't do enough planning and get stuck after a certain point. I've been trying to dedicate more time to planning, but sometimes that ends with me never getting it started in the first place. I'm trying to find a good middle ground at this point.
 
I am really bad at taking initiative. I always feel like I'm stepping out of my place or something if I try to take charge and lead on the story... I'm way too passive and it interferes with my ability to GM, as well.
 
Hmm, these two come to mind:
  1. Is expanding and elaborating on my posts. I often end up making posts that are smaller than my partner's, and while they don't mind most of the time, it annoys the hell out of me that I can't give them more without repeating stuff.
  2. Is adaptability. I don't often like being thrown into new things, and I generally am quick to grow bored in them. I'm also annoyed at myself about this, but this one isn't as big as the one above, to me at least.
 
I think my greatest weakness as a writer is my perfectionism. I always have this desperate need to get the greatest posts out at all times, even if it means rewriting it over and over again. My posts, therefore, oftentimes take way too long to write, and I'm still rarely satisfied.

However, I am working on this as a whole. Being a mom really makes you look at the bigger picture...and I apply that to my writing as well. <3
 
Battle/war scenes, hands down. I can't write those for the life of me. Sometimes I can handle hand-to-hand, one-on-one, but I can't do anything more than that, and I need to practice it for books I plan on writing someday.
 
I think my biggest issue is that after a long time in a roleplay I start losing sight of my character's motives and even their defining personality and if the story isn't progressing very smoothly like everyone is scattered, there's no current goal, I just feel like giving up. But if I constantly have something to do and characters to interact with, I stay solidified.
 
If there's ever romance in an RP I just seize up. I have no idea what to do, so I have a hard time playing characters in relationships.
 
I tend to lose interest quickly, to be quite honest. Strangely enough I'm all up for long term RPs though.
 
Writing too much fluff in order to add length to my posts. I love description, but sometimes I overdo it.
 
Inexperience and the inability to stay focused on something for long periods of time, I guess. Just started role-playing, but if I were to apply writing experience... I have a lot of random story ideas that just pop into my head. I just never finish them or write them out.
 
Details. I'll always try to be as short an succinct as possible, but sometimes it doesn't pay to be short, succinct, and to the point. I'm bad at not being that lol. I'm bad at filling out details of things.
 
I've always seemed to get stuck describing things, or reusing words! If you saw the posts I made when I was 13, you would've seen the same descriptor ten times in a few paragraphs! Honestly, I believe I've gotten better, but it's still a bit of an issue.
 
I get bored with roleplays if there's not an exciting, dramatic plot. So, usually when it becomes really dry and I can feel myself losing interest I'll have a character do something crazy dramatic or find out horrible news just to keep myself interested, even when the event isn't natural or realistic.
 
I'd say my weakness is either writing too much or not enough.
 
Getting too attached or planning too much. Sometimes I take rps a little too seriously and it ends up getting in the way of sleep or other productive adult activities haha. I also plan or some up with ideas a lot and talk about them with my partners, but sometimes it gets to be to much and we essentially have a script which takes the fun out of not knowing what's going to happen
 
My writing tends to feel choppy and rushed, but my biggest weakness would probably be my inability to make progress in a plot unless I'm being egged on by someone else. I constantly leave my characters frozen in time with events lasting much longer than they should.
 
Pacing. It's always pacing for me. I get so excited about the things I can make my characters do and say that I forget that waiting to have them do it will give their actions more of an impact. That and I'm not the suavest person in the world and that transfers to my writing sometimes. My dialogue can end up pretty stilted.
 
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