Two months to go, and my thesis question has changed again - What strategies work most effectively to represent, for a general audience, ways in which role-play fantasy games make possible diverse identity experiences?

Should I be so amazed that my thesis question, originally to do with the history of D&D, then the investment in editions of it, no ( Read more... )

Interview questions have been sent to my creative supervisor, just waiting for those to get final approval and it's on with the show. Formulating the face-to-face was so much harder, given the semi-structured nature of them - there is no way I can really anticipate the answers and how to lead on from there. Thinking I will adapt each one as I go.

I ( Read more... )

Central Research Question and Objectives

This research seeks to address issues of player investment in the current version of Dungeons and Dragons (even if it is determined that such investment is actually none at all), and how to best present these theories to an audience.

The central research question is thus: How do the key elements of ( Read more... )

Should it amuse me so much that one supervisor tells me to ask the other, who tells me to ask the lecuterer in charge of honours? Or should I be worried instead? Can't ever complain of feeling unloved when the three of them are helping me, I suppose. Meanwhile, those waiting room chairs actually are comfortable enough to fall asleep in ( Read more... )

Feature articles have been abandoned for creative nonfiction. Ie memoir. This is going to work so much better - one, now no more hunting down publications, not even having to specify an audience. Two, I think the genre fits the game better. It's all about stories and characters anyway. Three, I hate journalism/articles with a burning passion, while ( Read more... )

CRM Essay Two, in which we must explain what we're going to do, and how we're going to do it. I'm reasonably pleased with this one, because it coherently tells me what I'm doing. It's okay, I have a plan!

Roll: Craft (Thesis)

Presenting Player Investment to Gamers and Non-Gamers Alike

My thesis is going to look at how to present constructions of ( Read more... )

Monday: it all made sense
Tuesday: One drafting session in CRM and it all didn't make sense anymore.
Wednsday: Misery
Now: Saw my supervisor and IT MAKES SENSE. Until next CRM lecture.

Biggest problem was in that my research question didn't address my area of "expertise," namely professional writing/publishing/whatever it is we're calling it now. I ( Read more... )