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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7606032" data-attributes="member: 29398">For these purposes it doesn't matter.&nbsp; The session consists of the characters sitting on a ship, or around a campfire or at some other uninterrupted down-ish-time, just carrying on a conversation that's all done via in-character role-play at the table.&nbsp; This conversation could reference stuff the characters have already done/met in the established fiction (i.e. they're telling war stories from past adventures), or could reference their backgrounds and histories (&quot;so how did you end up here anyway?&quot;), or their outlooks toward things (&quot;if the Duke upped his taxes by half, would you pay them?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;When you raid a village of Orcs, do you kill the young?&quot;) - whatever, as long as they're talking in character.Might not have anything to do with emotion, but clarity is still a significant element of presentation no matter what you're presenting or why.&nbsp; Thus, editing for grammar and-or clarity is very much a literary consideration.Going back to the family-letter example - if the handwriting is nearly unreadable (like mine!) the letter is by default going to have less impact than if the handwriting was clear and legible, because the reader will face a greater struggle to comprehend it.&nbsp; Ditto if the spelling is all over the place, and (to a lesser extent) the grammar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7606032, member: 29398"] For these purposes it doesn't matter. The session consists of the characters sitting on a ship, or around a campfire or at some other uninterrupted down-ish-time, just carrying on a conversation that's all done via in-character role-play at the table. This conversation could reference stuff the characters have already done/met in the established fiction (i.e. they're telling war stories from past adventures), or could reference their backgrounds and histories ("so how did you end up here anyway?"), or their outlooks toward things ("if the Duke upped his taxes by half, would you pay them?" "When you raid a village of Orcs, do you kill the young?") - whatever, as long as they're talking in character. Might not have anything to do with emotion, but clarity is still a significant element of presentation no matter what you're presenting or why. Thus, editing for grammar and-or clarity is very much a literary consideration. Going back to the family-letter example - if the handwriting is nearly unreadable (like mine!) the letter is by default going to have less impact than if the handwriting was clear and legible, because the reader will face a greater struggle to comprehend it. Ditto if the spelling is all over the place, and (to a lesser extent) the grammar. [/QUOTE]

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