RPing is the rabbit hole we've all fallen down and the only way out... is through...
But seriously though, my brother recommended that I take up RPing, and he got into it through an RPing subforum on a comic website he followed. I don't remember why I agreed to start RPing really- I just remember feeling bored and RPing was something creative that I could devote my time to, and actually feel like I was growing from.
I initially just joined in a heap of open-end casual RPs to boost my confidence, but I eventually just got too dang cocky and tried to host my own game...with only a month of RPing experience. Needless to say, it was a big mistake. The RP was actually pretty popular whilst it lasted- it was Divergent themed, and its release coincided with the release of Insurgent, so it got a lot of interest. The issue was I was way too ambitious with my plans, and- with school and heaps of personal commitments going on at the time- I couldn't keep up with the player base (not to mention we were on 2 completely different timezones). The game truly died when one of my most active players copied and pasted my Sign-Ups sheet with several words difference and claimed that the game was "The American Edition" of my game (I'm not even kidding) and that it was made with "My approval". With the entire player base gone, I stopped GMing for a while and got back to playing games ran by when better RPers than me. Eventually, after learning from some of the best writers I've ever met and alot of advice, I was able to improve my writing and host my own game properly.
I've been RPing for almost 3 years now, and have met some great people and learned so much more about writing since; that's the best part about Roleplays- they build communities of creativity, and are a great place for people like me to turn their shamefully bad writing into something they can be somewhat proud of.