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demonicgerbilFrom a recent article on rpg.net:
Contributors to RPGnet have always been rewarded with that intangible of 'exposure', as well as an even less talked about value-- 'practice'. This latter one is why I continue to write my monthly column. Being forced to write new material every four weeks, to a deadline, regardless of my day job or ordinary life burdens, has been fantastic for keeping and honing the writer within me. Although I have occasional paying RPG and science writing gigs, creating this column is akin to participating in a writer's guild: write, get feedback, learn.
Yeah, sometimes having to do something every week, every other week, or even monthly, isn't convenient. But it's good for you. The stress you pick up from doing it, and the tit-for-tat with other people as you do it, makes you better at it - even if you don't want to do it at all.
I could mention some examples of this for GMing, but I think most of my audience gets it.
Contributors to RPGnet have always been rewarded with that intangible of 'exposure', as well as an even less talked about value-- 'practice'. This latter one is why I continue to write my monthly column. Being forced to write new material every four weeks, to a deadline, regardless of my day job or ordinary life burdens, has been fantastic for keeping and honing the writer within me. Although I have occasional paying RPG and science writing gigs, creating this column is akin to participating in a writer's guild: write, get feedback, learn.
Yeah, sometimes having to do something every week, every other week, or even monthly, isn't convenient. But it's good for you. The stress you pick up from doing it, and the tit-for-tat with other people as you do it, makes you better at it - even if you don't want to do it at all.
I could mention some examples of this for GMing, but I think most of my audience gets it.