Rob_Royale
with cheese
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As I mentioned in my previous thread, Running out of steam. I've sort of hit a writing slump. So to fill the time I'd usually be spending writing, I started up a previous vice again. Video games. I don't play much. But I do love MMORPG's and when I get into them, I really get INTO them. In fact, I originally started writing by doing fan fiction based on the games I played and the characters I created. City of Heroes and Star Wars: the Old Republic were the big ones for me, but this time it's Skyrim.
Yesterday, I restarted Skyrim again and if you are familiar with the game I got as far as Riverwood when inspiration struck. Here was a ready-made setting, with ready-made characters. I fell asleep thinking about it and woke up thinking about it. All I had to do was add my MC, add a dash of drama, and some sex and I was off and running at 5 AM this morning.
It feels good to go back to my writing roots and play with these characters again, far more irreverently than ever before. My main character will not be the Dragonborn, but his story will run concurrently with the Dragonborn's. My MMC is Rael of the Skaal, and he has picked a less-than-ideal time to visit Skyrim, because dragons have returned. But there is blood to be spilled, gold to be won and wenches to be bedded. I aim to misbehave.
Yesterday, I restarted Skyrim again and if you are familiar with the game I got as far as Riverwood when inspiration struck. Here was a ready-made setting, with ready-made characters. I fell asleep thinking about it and woke up thinking about it. All I had to do was add my MC, add a dash of drama, and some sex and I was off and running at 5 AM this morning.
It feels good to go back to my writing roots and play with these characters again, far more irreverently than ever before. My main character will not be the Dragonborn, but his story will run concurrently with the Dragonborn's. My MMC is Rael of the Skaal, and he has picked a less-than-ideal time to visit Skyrim, because dragons have returned. But there is blood to be spilled, gold to be won and wenches to be bedded. I aim to misbehave.