This hunch might be completely wrong, but I have a feeling that this is very relevant to solo roleplaying, since we have to wear so many hats in our games.
I need to digest it more, but if anyone reads it and has any thoughts, I'd love to know what you think.
http://solorpgs.freeforums.org/the-impossible-trinity-actor-audience-author-t30.html
Step 5: Keep this list of authors on file, and whenever you are writing something else and you get blocked, simply make a list numbered to twelve and ask how each of the twelve authors would answer the problem. Then you have to pick whichever of the twelve you like the best. If that takes too long, roll 2 or 3 D12s, and only give those answers.
ReplyDeleteThe best part is that the longer you use a particular stable of authors, the easier their quirks feel natural and you know how they would respond to various situations, and you can or these simulacrums in the various points of the actor, audience, author triangle.
ReplyDeleteI often use this game to create a group to play a game of Microscope, and despite the Czege Principle, it is a ton of fun to play solo rpgs with these groups of imaginary friends.
Sorry for the typos, I wrote all this on my phone.
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