This concerns both the "Nudist Journal" and "Voices in the Wilderness," so it's getting meshed into one big topic. As most of you know, I've stated in the past that I would update these, and I've also fallen behind due to various reasons, one of which is writer's block. There are other reasons, but that's the important one and I just wanted to let you guys in on the thought process behind why it's so hard for me to get those things updated. Oh, and no, I'm not fishing for compliments.
Basically, I'm not exactly sure how to keep the stories going without straying from the spirit of the variant. The stories have basically gone as follows: they follow the mission/quest progression. I've thrown a few tidbits or wisecracks in to sort of tie in with what the team did those meeting times (yell if you recognize where I got this one from: "This is wrong! You all shall face the Divine Punishment that awaits you in the Underworld!" said Arty.) but, for the most part, during the write-up there's very little to differentiate our story of these variants from that of any other group going through the game.
Secondly, I have a hard time working without a main character and I don't want to pick one because there really is none within the variant. I can work around this one to a certain extent, but what I wind up doing is having little to no character development because instead of having a dialogue between 2 people to explain something I wind up with a group discussion that's largely generic.
Third, and yes these are getting weaker as the list goes on, I don't really like making up lines and actions for other people. Some things I don't mind streching a bit if it's still in the spirit of what happened (i.e. the earlier mentioned quote by Arty) but since my memory of most of what happened is hazy (even when I did the write-up that same evening or early the next day it would still be a bit fuzzy) I would have to create a lot of "false" occurences that just don't sit right with me.
Anyways, the first one is the important one, the second I can sorta work around, the third, well, I wanted to put something else in the list and that was all I could think of. So my question to you guys is: what do I (we) do about that first one?
Basically, I'm not exactly sure how to keep the stories going without straying from the spirit of the variant. The stories have basically gone as follows: they follow the mission/quest progression. I've thrown a few tidbits or wisecracks in to sort of tie in with what the team did those meeting times (yell if you recognize where I got this one from: "This is wrong! You all shall face the Divine Punishment that awaits you in the Underworld!" said Arty.) but, for the most part, during the write-up there's very little to differentiate our story of these variants from that of any other group going through the game.
Secondly, I have a hard time working without a main character and I don't want to pick one because there really is none within the variant. I can work around this one to a certain extent, but what I wind up doing is having little to no character development because instead of having a dialogue between 2 people to explain something I wind up with a group discussion that's largely generic.
Third, and yes these are getting weaker as the list goes on, I don't really like making up lines and actions for other people. Some things I don't mind streching a bit if it's still in the spirit of what happened (i.e. the earlier mentioned quote by Arty) but since my memory of most of what happened is hazy (even when I did the write-up that same evening or early the next day it would still be a bit fuzzy) I would have to create a lot of "false" occurences that just don't sit right with me.
Anyways, the first one is the important one, the second I can sorta work around, the third, well, I wanted to put something else in the list and that was all I could think of. So my question to you guys is: what do I (we) do about that first one?
Alea Jacta Est - Caesar
I live my life by Murphy's Law.
I live my life by Murphy's Law.