you don't need to put a stop to it entirely, you know. if you have problems with stopping RP to write, just set out a certain time limit per day, like a specific hour or two, to write. or write with people you rp with. a good amount of camp (and sabra, I imagine) participates in NaNo.
I guess my problem with that lies in the analysis of the last 10 years of my life and the role play definitely takes up the vast majority of my free thought. It's not just a matter of setting time aside to do it because I have a tendency to just... completely absorb into the characters I roleplay, and I think about things going on in their lives pretty constantly. Role play for me is time consuming, emotionally and creatively draining, and completely engrossing. I love rp to a fault, if anything.
I don't think I'd have any better success with my writing than I have in the past if I don't step back from it entirely. I think once I've gotten used to not playing for a while, I could maintain a slow play and a story at the same time, but anything intensive would throw all of that to pot.
I can just barely remember the last time I really sat down and wrote stuff out. It's from when I had just started college, I didn't have many friends on campus, and I had ideas floating around in my head. I don't particularly like what I wrote back
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I've always wanted to participate in NaNo as well, and this year I DO have an idea, but... XD Yeah. distractionsss. I wouldn't be able to pass up RP for a month though.
I believe free time activities should be whatever makes you happiest. If it's going to make you unhappy to stop rp, then you really need to figure out why the idea of NaNo is compelling you. Maybe you feel like it ought to be worth it, but it just doesn't quite make the cut in comparison. I'm pretty happy with my writing being something I pick up only when the mood strikes, so NaNo doesn't hold a lot of charm for me. That's my bias in this, I guess.
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I don't think I'd have any better success with my writing than I have in the past if I don't step back from it entirely. I think once I've gotten used to not playing for a while, I could maintain a slow play and a story at the same time, but anything intensive would throw all of that to pot.
I can just barely remember the last time I really sat down and wrote stuff out. It's from when I had just started college, I didn't have many friends on campus, and I had ideas floating around in my head. I don't particularly like what I wrote back ( ... )
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I agree with what Pie said, too :|b
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