Tuesday, March 22, 2016

2016 WRITE: EDU: Ever heard of writer's block in role-play? Role-play in virtual worlds as practice writing

Role-play in virtual worlds as practice writing.  
Writing-by-improv.  

Role playing has

  • characters
  • a scenario
  • a place 
  • a quest
  • a challenge
  • a resolution

What else does role-playing need to be story-telling?

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  • Where is Arcadia?
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Shadorma Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 3/22,7 pm SLT


This week the Short Poetry Workshop features the Spanish style called Shadorma. This was a popular style back in the 14th Century. It is a sestet with a specific syllable count. So come join us at the Short Poetry Library to find out more about it.

Go there

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    Metaverse events, current and upcoming

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          What else does role-playing need to be story-telling?

          • a publisher

          Where could you get a publisher?


          • Your blog.
          • With photos with photos taken during the role-play.
          • Maybe with videos taken during role play.
          • Videos posted on YouTube, then embedded in the blog.
          • Maybe with readers invited to submit scenarios in comments on the blog.
          • Blogging in virtual worlds. How to... Summary

            Yesbutters:  Yes, but blogs don't make money

            • Not unless they get a lot of readers.  Like it is with books
            • But think of it as a learning experience.   Like it usually is with first books.
            • And in case it does make money, be sure to get releases from all contributors.
            • And if you are already making a lot of money from your writing,
            • you are too busy to be reading this.

            Writing by improv?

            • Everything you write is improvised when you do it.
            • But improv means getting together with other people to produce a scene.
            • A kind of collaborative writing.  

            Yesbutters: Yes, but writing is a solitary task

            • Not unless you are writing to yourself.
            • Generally, you write to an audience.
            • And if you write fiction, you have to write for all those characters.
            • You can be any of the characters, can't you?
            • You may learn more about the characters when you play them.
            • You may learn how your readers will react to them.
            • You may learn from seeing how other people play them.
            • See, a learning experience.

            Related

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            News and Notes

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              The Hypergrid WIP Show

              The Hypergrid WIP is a one hour "show & tell" of works in progress or recently completed. All builders from beginner to pro are invited.  Presentations are in voice and text.  For text presentations, best bring the text in a notecard and paste it into chat.  Voice presentations may be captured in video.  Stills and videos from the show may appear in this blog and elsewhere.

              Next WIP show 

              • Next WIP show: Sun. Mar. 27, Noon SLT
              • Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
              • HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
              • grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II 
              • in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
              • hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22
              • Narasnook  location (second Sunday of the month)
              • Pandora allows presenters to run high threat OSSL functions.
              • world.narasnook.com:8900
              • Put the line above in your World Map next to Find.  Click Find. TP
              • At Narasnook, use World Map to search for Pandora
              • Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
              • HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
              • grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II 
              • in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
              • hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22

                Previous Articles from the WIP show 

                HG links-- depending on your interests 

                Metaverse beginner help

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