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So who else is an aspiring writer?

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Jalapenohitchhiker

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Hi all! Through my years roleplaying I've met some other people who are trying to develop their writing skills through roleplay. And I've also met plenty of folks who are just into roleplay for the fun of it. So who all here is aspiring to be a writer of some kind and who is here for the vibes?
 
I have no illusions about my capacity to make any kind of career from my writing. I write here for the fun of it. My writing is reasonable, and there's always room for improvement.
 
I come here periodically for vibes alone, but writing is a thing like reading; you develop your writing skill with every message, forum post, instagram post, etc. It's more of a muscle than a skill, so... it's always gonna be a little bit of both :p
 
I do plan to publish my Valorverse into some kind of novel or graphic novel at some point down the road. I do a lot of writing for fun, too. So, I'm in both camps.
 
I try. Emphasis on 'try'. Even if you don't come up with something all that good, it's worth at least putting the practice in.
 
I like partners who challenge me as a writer. If that be long posts, complex scenes, and/or near flawless writing. I've off and on had thought about publishing, but with AI and most people having the attention span of a nat these days, I don't really think about it anymore. I still might want to write a few books for myself one day, but I kinda doubt I will. It's the pressure and help of having someone write with me that makes it productive. Still, writing is a skill; a fun skill to me, so it is something I would like to keep getting better at. I've always enjoyed writing over reading too. I never read books... but I love to read my partners' replies to my writing!
 
As in, if I want to write a book or a poetry anthology? Heavens, no. Once upon a time, sure, but that's long since gone out the window. That doesn't mean, however, that I'm not passionate about my stories! I put a lot of effort and thought into each and every post I do. My stories are my babies.
 
I'd say I am, yes, though I have terrible trouble putting word to paper outside of the context of roleplays.
 
I wouldn't call myself a writer in the traditional sense--I'm not looking to get published as such. I play TTRPGs a lot and run games IRL. That's my main writing outlet. I'm lucky enough to have an uncle who's an old grognard from the early days of the hobby. When I was an awkward as fuck 12 year-old he ran me through my first hexcrawl, long before I knew what 'OSR' stood for. He killed my first PC without a shred of remorse. Great times. Now the old fart sits back and reaps the fruits of his labor, while I kill his characters without a shred of remorse and he gets to game with my friends, who think he's some kinda saint/mystic of gaming. I'm a lucky gal sometimes.
 
I came into the roleplaying game only a few years ago. I was a writer who had hit a wall in the novel-process and just came off of a Trespasser binder with a grudge. I had dabbled with the hobby back in university when one of the writing professors grouped us all and assigned a group writing project. Roleplaying was only an assignment back then. I used twitter to keep up with authors and to promote my own, and stumbled across a DA roleplaying group. Been kind of addicted ever since. I tend to scare others with my writing, since I do tend to let the writer bleed through but, for the ones that haven't slinked away in the paragraphs produced, it's been a fun experience sometimes.

One of these days, I'll finish my Twilight Shades, and not only will they be better books than their predecessors, they'll be better movies too :p (It's a joke, guys... I'll procrastinate that bish just like G.R.R. Martin and his songs... : P)
 
I am not and have no desire. I will say that I have met 3 published authors on here and another sight and one of the writers used our roleplay as a basis for one of her short stories. I have bought the books by all 3 and have gotten 2 of them signed.

I do think this site is an incredible resource for crafting your work if you want to be a professional.
 
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