i like having a written part of the RP that is like a dairy. - a recapture of what actually happened on the server, spiced with what you cannot do on the server, that might support your actions and shed some light on it.
so you only write what happened, but you are free to add your characters thoughts, feelings and intentions. - something you cannot really RP ingame. - but all in all, its more a description of what you actually did.
- what i don t like much is a story that is written and has no link to what happened in the game whatsoever. a brief history is fine. - a lengthy description of adventures that never happened and will never happen, and only happened in a story are - well... kind of boring for me.
so all in all, i prefer the dairy like stories - and i dislike it when the story takes up the greater part of the characters personality than what other players see ingame.