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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 135655" data-attributes="member: 11">Hey all,I thought it was time for another Meta-Story Hour post.I was wondering (and forgive me if this had been asked before) who the various authors of the story hours in this forum are influenced/inspired by in their campaign and in their actual writing…For myself, I am greatly inspired by Ursula K. LeGuin, who is probably my favorite sci-fi/fantasy author (admittedly I don’t red much of it) – but I love her use of moral dilemmas, clashing cultures, and characters who have their world-views undermined by the events and knowledge of their situations.  There is also an under-current of almost Buddhist  thought in her work – as suffering seems to be a natural part of the life of her characters and dealing with and accepting that is part of their challenge.  I would say my campaign is definitely influenced by that.Zelazny’s Amber chronicles are also a big source for me in terms of a huge cast of NPCs and crazy amounts of machination and plotting.  I also like the near-comic moments of the second Amber series in the midst of just dark and confusing things happening.Of course, my presentation of elves (and halflings – though none have appeared in the story yet) is greatly influenced by Tolkien.A book I would really recommend that I just finished reading and I found incredibly helpful and devious is John Fowles’ The Magus – which while not fantasty – is none-the-less fantastic.In terms of actual writing, I am not so sure as all of my favorite authors influence me tp some degree or another.  I go back and forth between emulating the concise and packed sentences of Hemingway, and the mellifluous and poetic prose of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (who also influences my campaign because is showed me that a story is not the outcome as much journey itself).  Oh, I also love dialogue.  While I have no control over what PCs say - I try to encourage the snappy dialogue with my NPCs -  I find myself writing down "cool" things NPCs might say if given the chance - it also helps me create the NPC's "voice".I think my story hour is not the best gauge of my writing ability since I do not write “all out” and do very little editing (if any) – but if those who read “Out of the Frying Pan” see some similarities I’d love to hear your opinions.So, what about the rest of you?</blockquote>

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