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'''A.''' Sometimes. Usually sheer imagination is sufficient to do the job.<br><br> | '''A.''' Sometimes. Usually sheer imagination is sufficient to do the job.<br><br> | ||
'''Q.''' ''This Serenity campaign seems to generate a lot of outside-game writing. Where did you get the ideas for the journal entries you've written?''<br> | '''Q.''' ''This Serenity campaign seems to generate a lot of outside-game writing. Where did you get the ideas for the journal entries you've written?''<br> | ||
| − | '''A.''' I'm only just getting the hang of writing, but I am the sort that takes any source of inspiration I can find and I use it in my gaming, my art, and in my writing. Everything's potential material, nothing is useless. Quite a lot of what I put in my writing are my own experiences and observations, my own likes and dislikes. I can't claim to have ever been abused or shot or been an undercover agent on a clandestine operation, but I can research the details and imagine how they would work. | + | '''A.''' I'm only just getting the hang of writing, but I am the sort that takes any source of inspiration I can find and I use it in my gaming, my art, and in my writing. Everything's potential material, nothing is useless. Quite a lot of what I put in my writing are my own experiences and observations, my own likes and dislikes. I can't claim to have ever been abused or shot or been an undercover agent on a clandestine operation, but I can research the details and imagine how they would work.<br> |
| − | + | Also, it helps tremendously to have a small set of characters to constantly write about. After a while, they set up housekeeping in your head and pretty soon, you can eavesdrop on their conversations and observe them going about their daily business---in a manner of speaking. Familiarity breeds realism. If I have Rina stub her toe on the furniture in the dark, I know exactly what she'd say and how she'd say it. I'll know what she's wearing and why she's sneaking around in the dark. That's what comes of having her in my head for a little over 3 years. Just like a friend you've had for a long time, after a while you acquire a grasp of what your characters will or will not do and --more importantly-- why.<br> | |
| − | Also, it helps tremendously to have a small set of characters to constantly write about. After a while, they set up housekeeping in your head and pretty soon, you can eavesdrop on their conversations and observe them going about their daily business---in a manner of speaking. Familiarity breeds realism. If I have Rina stub her toe on the furniture in the dark, I know exactly what she'd say and how she'd say it. I'll know what she's wearing and why she's sneaking around in the dark. That's what comes of having her in my head for a little over 3 | + | So when it comes to writing the out-game pieces, it's simply a matter of closing my eyes, watching my characters and writing what I see. I'm basically watching the movie and trying to write everything on the screen down. Which would explain why I'm so fixated on details--it's hard to write what I see when the movie set is missing.<br><br> |
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| − | So when it comes to writing the out-game pieces, it's simply a matter of closing my eyes, watching my characters and writing what I see. I'm basically watching the movie and trying to write everything on the screen down. Which would explain why I'm so fixated on details--it's hard to write what I see when the movie set is missing.<br><br> | ||
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'''Q.''' ''One last question. Do you think you will tire of the game and the setting, and go on to something else entirely?''<br> | '''Q.''' ''One last question. Do you think you will tire of the game and the setting, and go on to something else entirely?''<br> | ||
'''A.''' No. Science fiction is my first love and has always been a part of my internal landscape. Over the years, elements from my travels and from my voracious reading got added to that universe in my head and it's one of the reasons why I love Whedon's 'Verse so much--it's borrowed like crazy from all over and feels right me. And thanks to Joss and Firefly, there are people who feel comfortable in that universe and are willing to play there. It's so much more fun if you have others to share the sandbox with, and the Firefly/Serenity sandbox is a damned fun one to play in. Who can say no to that? | '''A.''' No. Science fiction is my first love and has always been a part of my internal landscape. Over the years, elements from my travels and from my voracious reading got added to that universe in my head and it's one of the reasons why I love Whedon's 'Verse so much--it's borrowed like crazy from all over and feels right me. And thanks to Joss and Firefly, there are people who feel comfortable in that universe and are willing to play there. It's so much more fun if you have others to share the sandbox with, and the Firefly/Serenity sandbox is a damned fun one to play in. Who can say no to that? | ||
