The bookshelf is my wardrobe
Mar. 30th, 2007 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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haikujaguar.
I was wondering why, since I, too, focus on characters, I haven't been able to get a novel length story finished since high school. (Don't ask to see it. It was written by hand in three notebooks and shown only to a friend who read it as I wrote it. Like most first works, it is embarassing in several ways. But I still have it, and portions are probably not too faded to read.)
And I thought about the way I read, and the way I RP, and even the way I watch TV shows with over arching plots.
And I realized, I use all these to try things out. I either like or dislike a character as if I met them, or I play or write or watch and try on the attitudes and thoughts and see if they fit. Does this philosophy work, or will it need letting out at the seams? What would happen if I tried this situation on? Even if I'm not actually RPing a character like that, I'll go to the mental fitting room for a while to see what it looks like.
All my gaming plots are character driven, because, internally, I guess I'm just offering people a chance to try things on, too. Here- this is the situation. Here is the great wardrobe, filled with roles to put on. Which one are you going to choose?
haikujaguar.I was wondering why, since I, too, focus on characters, I haven't been able to get a novel length story finished since high school. (Don't ask to see it. It was written by hand in three notebooks and shown only to a friend who read it as I wrote it. Like most first works, it is embarassing in several ways. But I still have it, and portions are probably not too faded to read.)
And I thought about the way I read, and the way I RP, and even the way I watch TV shows with over arching plots.
And I realized, I use all these to try things out. I either like or dislike a character as if I met them, or I play or write or watch and try on the attitudes and thoughts and see if they fit. Does this philosophy work, or will it need letting out at the seams? What would happen if I tried this situation on? Even if I'm not actually RPing a character like that, I'll go to the mental fitting room for a while to see what it looks like.
All my gaming plots are character driven, because, internally, I guess I'm just offering people a chance to try things on, too. Here- this is the situation. Here is the great wardrobe, filled with roles to put on. Which one are you going to choose?
