What is Role Play?
When you google this phrase, a few sites with their meanings come up.
Google defines it as:
role playing noun
role play 1.PSYCHOLOGYthe acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psychotherapy or training) or unconsciously, in accordance with the perceived expectations of society as regards a person's behaviour in a particular context.
2.participation in a role-playing game.
Wikipedia defines it as:
Role-playing refers to the changing of one's behaviour to assume a , either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to an adopted role. While the offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role"
Urban Dictionary defines it as
TOP DEFINITION
(v.) To act and speak as if you are the character you're portraying. To roleplay is as much about what not to say as what TO say. It means to keep your speech in the context of the setting in which your character (or avatar) exists. Context can be defined as both time and place.
Most roleplaying that occurs is in an online setting, such as an online game, a chat room, or a message board.
From what we have seen here, Role Play on Wattpad is a written form of acting, you become a character and you write as that person. Simple enough yeah?
No, its really not...
