NaNoWriMo
I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month. It could just as easily be InterNaNoWriMo; no one is excluded folks. What have you got to lose?
Creation Myths & In vs. Out
Over the years of D&D and other RPGs I've developed a small obsession with the creation myths. For me it was never enough to know that a given deitific power granted x,y,z, and possibly q domains; I had to know where that deity came from, who/what came with them, and the like. In the end I think that the rest of my world(s) suffered as a result. And so focused on the creation I often neglected the finer points the faiths that followed those gods. Which brings me to "In vs. Out."
How do you create worlds? In fiction do you create a world first working in towards your main characters, or do you work out by creating your main characters and then the world as they come in to contact with it? I imagine in most cases that we all have in mind a protagonist or few starting out. On occasion we might envision a backdrop (War, Vacation, Shopping) or location that we wish to tell a story about, and our characters come from that. In anycase, when we create a whole world we have to either move in or out.
The same process applies to GMs; what do you do?
Anyone? Anyone?
How do you create worlds? In fiction do you create a world first working in towards your main characters, or do you work out by creating your main characters and then the world as they come in to contact with it? I imagine in most cases that we all have in mind a protagonist or few starting out. On occasion we might envision a backdrop (War, Vacation, Shopping) or location that we wish to tell a story about, and our characters come from that. In anycase, when we create a whole world we have to either move in or out.
The same process applies to GMs; what do you do?
Anyone? Anyone?
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curious
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First volley 'cross the bow...
Wikis are the non-linear writers friend.
Who said, "writers write, authors get published," or something to that affect?
Mark Twain is good.
Ironically, now that I have setup this community I have much non-fiction stuff on my brain. Starting next semester I have to start seriously working on the foundation for my Senior Thesis.
Won't somebody join me in my new playpen?
Who said, "writers write, authors get published," or something to that affect?
Mark Twain is good.
Ironically, now that I have setup this community I have much non-fiction stuff on my brain. Starting next semester I have to start seriously working on the foundation for my Senior Thesis.
Won't somebody join me in my new playpen?