I've always wondered this but never really asked so I'm going to ask anyway.

I joined a site, it's lovely and I have a few active, threads, not too many but enough to keep me amused. In one thread I've got my character and two others but one isn't replying and it's their turn so the thread isn't moving. I'm not sure what to do as it's been a while and I know they've been online and replying in other threads, just not this one and I'm not really sure how I should deal with this situation.

So I'm asking...

What do you usually do if someone isn't replying to a thread you have with them even though they've been online and has replied in other threads?

Me I wait about 3 days, send a Pm to the person, if they don't reply still I normally just carry on with out them if I'm with someone else. It's their own fault if they havenn't given a reason for why they aren't posting and I can't see why i should be left standing about watching lol but thats just me :D

That's a pain. I can't say that I haven't done that... but it's annoying. I'd say just to PM the person, and then if they don't reply, move on. Sometimes people are just embarrassed to admit that they have writer's block. (such as myself.) If the person does that to you in the future, tell them (politely) that you'd rather not RP with them unless they can reply faster.

Speaking from personal experience; sometimes I'm just too worn out after college and work to write posts. It gives me exhausted writer's block. For some charries, however, it's easy for me to churn a post out, so they come quickly, while other times, the thread is either difficult to RP (because I like RPing myself into situations that are extremely complicated to write out...ha) or the character just isn't working. Threads won't always move quickly.

That being said, I find that poking in the cbox, and nagging in general, is helpful (Nicely, of course!). Just keep posting in other threads and don't lose your momentum because of one or two. Some threads just take longer.

I agree with Ash. I actually appreciate being gently nudged, shows that someone actually cares whether or not I post. I'd probably stick around longer because of it.

It's possible they've got writer's block for that thread, which I know happens to me. And, apparently, other people as well, as Ash has noted. I appreciate someone putting a little bit of a fire under my butt and reminding me about it, nicely. A nice PM can work wonders on making me feel guilty enough to post, and sometimes I just need someone to lay the hammer down on me and tell me to hurry the heck up already. XD

I'd wait a bit, send a PM... if no response? Screw them.

Yes, I'm mean.. but threads must keep moving! He/she who is active and online, but can't get themselves into gear to post will find themselves written out. In one-on-ones, it doesn't happen often. But major threads where important stuff is happening, and things need to happen now? I'm sorry, I don't have time to wait for muses.

*frowns at how evil she sounds*

Mind you, I do tend to push people towards postee before I let things get that extreme. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do, and they won't write, so you have to carry on the thread in a way that makes sense.

I sent them a PM so hopefully I should get somesort of response. The annoying thing is that I was on holiday for a week and I posted before I left and I thought there would be a reply when I got back but there wasn't so I was a bit disappointed,

^That's happened to me multiple times. I was away last week, and a week in July.

I'm no angel when it comes to posting right away, but I've also been on the other side. I know how irritating it can be when you have to wait for a post (I've waited over a month on a few occasions). The best thing to do is to post in a tagging thread (if there's one available for the player whose reply you're waiting for). If that doesn't get a response (either a post or an explanation of why they haven't replied and when they should be able to), send a PM reminder. Sometimes people don't know it's their turn to post. Sometimes they forget about the thread (unfortunate, but it can happen. Especially when they have multiple threads going). Sometimes they're just busy, but you can usually get an estimate of when they will be able to reply.

If you can't get a response in a reasonable amount of time, sometimes you just need to move on. It's not an ideal situation, but sitting around waiting for a post for weeks isn't good either. Try to find a way to continue the thread if there are more than two people involved. If you can't do that, try to find other threads to participate in while you wait (or if the thread dies altogether).