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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9317205" data-attributes="member: 87792">And for anyone looking for a citation, to quote Ron Edwards <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/_articles/narr_essay.html" target="_blank">from the main Narrativism essay</a><h2>Story Now
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Story Now requires that at least one engaging issue or problematic feature of human existence be addressed in the process of role-playing. &quot;Address&quot; means:
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Establishing the issue's Explorative expressions in the game-world, &quot;fixing&quot; them into imaginary place.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Developing the issue as a source of continued conflict, perhaps changing any number of things about it, such as which side is being taken by a given character, or providing more depth to why the antagonistic side of the issue exists at all.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Resolving the issue through the decisions of the players of the protagonists, as well as various features and constraints of the circumstances.</li>
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Can it really be that easy? Yes, Narrativism is that easy. The Now refers to the people, during actual play, focusing their imagination to create those emotional moments of decision-making and action, and paying attention to one another as they do it. To do that, they relate to &quot;the story&quot; very much as authors do for novels, as playwrights do for plays, and screenwriters do for film at the creative moment or moments. Think of the Now as meaning, &quot;in the moment,&quot; or &quot;engaged in doing it,&quot; in terms of input and emotional feedback among one another. The Now also means &quot;get to it,&quot; in which &quot;it&quot; refers to any Explorative element or combination of elements that increases the enjoyment of that issue I'm talking about.

There cannot be any &quot;the story&quot; during Narrativist play, because to have such a thing (fixed plot or pre-agreed theme) is to remove the whole point: the creative moments of addressing the issue(s). Story Now has a great deal in common with Step On Up, particularly in the social expectation to contribute, but in this case the real people's attention is directed toward one another's insights toward the issue, rather than toward strategy and guts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 9317205, member: 87792"] And for anyone looking for a citation, to quote Ron Edwards [URL='http://www.indie-rpgs.com/_articles/narr_essay.html']from the main Narrativism essay[/URL] [HEADING=1][INDENT][I]Story Now[/I][/INDENT][/HEADING] [INDENT][I]Story Now requires that at least one engaging issue or problematic feature of human existence be addressed in the process of role-playing. "Address" means:[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][I][I]Establishing the issue's Explorative expressions in the game-world, "fixing" them into imaginary place.[/I][/I] [*][I][I]Developing the issue as a source of continued conflict, perhaps changing any number of things about it, such as which side is being taken by a given character, or providing more depth to why the antagonistic side of the issue exists at all.[/I][/I] [*][I][I]Resolving the issue through the decisions of the players of the protagonists, as well as various features and constraints of the circumstances.[/I][/I] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Can it really be that easy? Yes, Narrativism is that easy. The Now refers to the people, during actual play, focusing their imagination to create those emotional moments of decision-making and action, and paying attention to one another as they do it. To do that, they relate to "the story" very much as authors do for novels, as playwrights do for plays, and screenwriters do for film at the creative moment or moments. Think of the Now as meaning, "in the moment," or "engaged in doing it," in terms of input and emotional feedback among one another. The Now also means "get to it," in which "it" refers to any Explorative element or combination of elements that increases the enjoyment of that issue I'm talking about.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][B]There cannot be any "the story" during Narrativist play, because to have such a thing (fixed plot or pre-agreed theme) is to remove the whole point:[/B] the creative moments of addressing the issue(s). Story Now has a great deal in common with Step On Up, particularly in the social expectation to contribute, but in this case the real people's attention is directed toward one another's insights toward the issue, rather than toward strategy and guts.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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