If people could communicate better (or if they would at least put more effort into communicating) so many issues could be resolved (or more likely avoided). :D
I think it depends a bit on what you are writing (e.g., format).
For an RP, I find interaction to be one of the most important aspects of participating. So in an RP (play-by-post or Table Top), I've found that characters that are hard to interact with (or where it's hard to see why anyone would...
I'm a big fan of not writing loners or characters that really don't have a reason to interact with other players, stay in the group, or when the character has negative traits that really don't encourage other characters to interact with them (generally traits such as being a complete loner...
Step 1: Like @Nilum, the first thing I do is examine whether there is an RP with a plot that I'd enjoy participating in (and would thus like to create a character for) and thereafter I take a glance at the potential cast of characters (to see if there's a niche I'd like to fill).
Steps 2-4 are...
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