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Reeling and Writhing
Here's something that's sort of funny: for all that I complained that writing here was a waste of my life, the recent period of relatively low activity taught me something that I should have already known.
I like to write.
Even thought it's not as good as I would like it to be, even though I'm not "accomplishing" anything, writing scratches in itch in my psyche. I'd love to create stories and essays that I could be really proud of. You have no idea how badly I need to be creative, but the inspiration just hasn't been there lately. But even the usual crap that I produce makes me feel better than writing nothing.
And I haven't forgotten what I said in a voice-post a while back, about thinking of writing as a toy. I've been teetering on the edge of an insight, I think; somehow there should be a relationship between writing fiction and gamemastering a roleplaying game. I was a good GM; there must be a way to take the story-creating elements of GMing, the things that made GMing fun, and translate them into writing fiction.
I like to write.
Even thought it's not as good as I would like it to be, even though I'm not "accomplishing" anything, writing scratches in itch in my psyche. I'd love to create stories and essays that I could be really proud of. You have no idea how badly I need to be creative, but the inspiration just hasn't been there lately. But even the usual crap that I produce makes me feel better than writing nothing.
And I haven't forgotten what I said in a voice-post a while back, about thinking of writing as a toy. I've been teetering on the edge of an insight, I think; somehow there should be a relationship between writing fiction and gamemastering a roleplaying game. I was a good GM; there must be a way to take the story-creating elements of GMing, the things that made GMing fun, and translate them into writing fiction.