tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69360305507975428.post8001164886216587714..comments2022-05-25T18:48:21.784-04:00Comments on Jarn: A Writer's Work and Thoughts: The Nature of Role PlayJohn Albershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06089764906373165090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69360305507975428.post-53641014703776797962009-01-17T18:03:00.000-05:002009-01-17T18:03:00.000-05:00Looking back at this piece I'm surprised at how co...Looking back at this piece I'm surprised at how concise and well written this is. I must've been on form that day. The odd thing is that this was a piece I had to write for a job application. Never did hear back from the employer though. Happens quite a lot in my experience.<BR/><BR/>I've looked through your blog Joilene, and hve to say that your writing style is very enjoyable and obviously well polished. I never really received any instruction myself, growing up in a town where it was considered a plus if you could speak English, let alone write it. <BR/><BR/>I didn't really get into writing until 15 or so. My overly anxious and meticulous tendancies mean I won't put a letter down until the whole story has been thoroughly thought out. This makes it very difficult to write anything lengthy. So I'm having to learn how to story board as I go. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, enough about me. You mentioned Dark Fantasy and piqued my curiosity, is there anything by chance you've written that you'd be willing to share?John Albershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089764906373165090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69360305507975428.post-30761035487017337282009-01-17T13:10:00.000-05:002009-01-17T13:10:00.000-05:00This is a perspective that I have never run into b...This is a perspective that I have never run into before...but my gut says you are right on target.<BR/>My observation with people who love role playing (traditional games such as D&D) is that they often deal with extremes of mental or emotional pain, from whatever source. (Ditto what you said.) They are often times angry and disillusioned.<BR/>All this to say, you've made me realize that the reasons I started writing in a pro-active way (at about nine years old) had everything to do with role playing. I made up whole worlds just so I had somebody to deal with things for Me...sometimes good things, sometimes bad. I still like the escapism, and have been told (repeatedly) that I don't live in reality.<BR/>Your perspective on the matter of role playing would explain why bringing up the genre I write in (I primarily settled in Dark Fantasy) has always been an unwelcome idea in my normal "set" - Fundamentalist Christians who put God in more boxes than a department store deals with on a yearly basis.<BR/>You're very easy to relate to in comparison, though we obviously don't stand eye-to-eye regarding God. (Being the less cursed of the two, I, for one, won't budge my position. ;-) He became a curse for me so I could escape to His reality.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com