[Cimmerian]

Hey Beth,
I have nothing against this topic in terms of the information it provides, indeed it is very helpful. I presented an opposing view only to the notion that all this detail tends to stifle the free flowing nature RPGs in this format prosper in.

Now if I were writing fanfiction, which I incidently do, I would lap up all this information and search for more. When posting in an RPG, one is required to read the posts before one to relate to the story - now if these posts ahead of one contain long drawn, explicitly detailed descritions of everything in the era of the story, one will loose interest in following up after having to read and digest it all. One might as well use that energy in writng a fan fic.
For the role play, one searches for quick relevant, action and adventure themed posts to have a free flowing nature to the game.

But then a rare few of you have ample time and resource to structure your RPG posts into literary works of art and also have the time to read these posts in their entirity. I certainly am not qualified to stand up and be counted among those few.

As for writing in the way Tolkien did. I say this - As a writer one must express one's creativity without needing to lean too much on one's influences and inspirations. Otherwise one might be trapped under the set rules and guides of that one style of expression without much freedom of thought.

I certainly do not wish to stay confined within the boundaries of Tolkienist writing. But keeping a strong base of such, I intend to expand into newer horizons, creatively.

Does that make me a bad guy? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]