the DM vs the writer: time
May. 24th, 2024 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycatelliThis is closely related to revision, but a major difference is the ability of the writer to take time.
True, a DM can set up a vast scenario before the session, but that's not actually the story telling part. (Oddly enough, some writers find the story goes off the rails very easily despite the lack of players to force it off, so that's not actually always a difference.)
But if you hit a problem while writing, you can think about it. It's not like improv or a RPG, where you have to respond and go on. You may discover you need the revision to set up the fix, but it may just be going forward. You may brace yourself to do the necessary plot complication that was not intended. You may logically work out what happened.
You can't take too long, of course, or it will never get done, but you have a lot more time.
True, a DM can set up a vast scenario before the session, but that's not actually the story telling part. (Oddly enough, some writers find the story goes off the rails very easily despite the lack of players to force it off, so that's not actually always a difference.)
But if you hit a problem while writing, you can think about it. It's not like improv or a RPG, where you have to respond and go on. You may discover you need the revision to set up the fix, but it may just be going forward. You may brace yourself to do the necessary plot complication that was not intended. You may logically work out what happened.
You can't take too long, of course, or it will never get done, but you have a lot more time.