Oddly enough for me creating a world characters and backstory is exceptionally easy.
I was an avid AD&D player from about 10 years old. By the time I was 13-14 years old I became a passable DM. And by 16 years old I could create not only my own worlds complete with back stories, history, etymology, flaura, fauna, yadda-yadda-yadda, I was creating my own game systems and mechanics.
Whats oh so hard for me is writting. I just cant make it flow. Its there in my head I just cant put it on paper without summarizing or adding garbage as word filler.
And whats odd, as an AD&D DungeonMaster I can flow when I step into that character even if Im not full on roleplaying. I can tell a damn good story enough that my players loved the snipets of backstory they'd get. And its one reason I was so popular as a DM.
Yet, I cant translate that to writting.Its frustrating to say the least. So I tend to be very envious of good writters. Its still my favorite medium for story telling.
I love movies and all the special effects. But give me a well written book, that I enjoy reading, any time of the day.
Good stuff.
Maybe audio record your GM sessions and use that as skeleton for the writing? Words -> Mental images. If the words are not doing that, cut them out.
My grandson wants to write a fantasy novel and had no idea where to start. I showed him your post and it helped take the fear out of where to begin. Thank you for sharing this guide. I like how every point you mentioned can be applied to help any artist start his or her creative projects.
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Good stuff.
Maybe audio record your GM sessions and use that as skeleton for the writing? Words -> Mental images. If the words are not doing that, cut them out.
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014633/Classic-Game-Postmortem
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