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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8070949" data-attributes="member: 16586"><p>I think focusing <strong>too much</strong> on literature and developing a writer's skill set does a disservice to the medium. I think understanding other interactive mediums, emergent storytelling, and in the case of more character focused gaming what it means authentically portray a character are just as if not more important than world building and especially plotting (which does not work well with a more interactive medium).</p><p></p><p>Characters drive story and one of the best ways to understand character is to develop an actor's tool set and mentality. Read from texts like Warner Laughlin Technique. Watch videos from great actors like Joaquin Phoenix that talk about the process. Watch finished movies, but also test footage where you can find it. </p><p></p><p>Mentality and process matter much more than specific techniques here. Experience as an amateur actor has taught me that you need to have fun with and do the work. I have learned to come prepared, but work in the moment. It's hard to communicate, but like it has helped me to learn to not attempt to control the situation, but to try things, collaborate and communicate, and see where that leads us. It's helped me enjoy the process of play as much as the final result. I find we (in this hobby) often focus too much on the final result and not enough on the process. From either side of the screen the more I try to control the process the less productive play ends up being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 8070949, member: 16586"] I think focusing [B]too much[/B] on literature and developing a writer's skill set does a disservice to the medium. I think understanding other interactive mediums, emergent storytelling, and in the case of more character focused gaming what it means authentically portray a character are just as if not more important than world building and especially plotting (which does not work well with a more interactive medium). Characters drive story and one of the best ways to understand character is to develop an actor's tool set and mentality. Read from texts like Warner Laughlin Technique. Watch videos from great actors like Joaquin Phoenix that talk about the process. Watch finished movies, but also test footage where you can find it. Mentality and process matter much more than specific techniques here. Experience as an amateur actor has taught me that you need to have fun with and do the work. I have learned to come prepared, but work in the moment. It's hard to communicate, but like it has helped me to learn to not attempt to control the situation, but to try things, collaborate and communicate, and see where that leads us. It's helped me enjoy the process of play as much as the final result. I find we (in this hobby) often focus too much on the final result and not enough on the process. From either side of the screen the more I try to control the process the less productive play ends up being. [/QUOTE]
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