99% of the people on here will seek out a partner and discuss things via PMs or what have you before starting an actual RP on the forums. You're definitely more likely to succeed that way as well in getting yourself an RP partner. Also, to help yourself, you can make a request thread and 'advertise' yourself and your interests/cravings/etc. Likewise, you can browse other peoples' request threads and see if anything catches your eye. If you find a match, drop them a PM and discuss... just as someone else might do the same for you. Hope that helped.