(07-01-2015, 04:49 PM)Verad Wrote:(07-01-2015, 04:44 PM)Caspar Wrote: I guess your previous post confused me. You advocate visible internal monologue or wish to move away from it? Touchscreen typing is hard, ugh.
I would love visible internal monologue. I enjoy narrative asides, meditations on things that are unrelated directly but nevertheless thematically related to the action at hand, and other such markers that break the illusion that we are characters in a real world. In this regard I admit I'm a bit reactionary because the realists and modernists were a break away from this sort of thing.
On the other hand, I'd also thrill to see anybody attempting postmodern writing aesthetics in RP. Somebody attempting Burroughs' cut-up style in roleplay, however successful, would have my respect, as would anybody who figured out how to take House of Leaves and turn that into a character. Either possibility or others I haven't considered would be welcome.
Important note:Â This is not to say I won't play with people who don't do these sorts of things, and I do so with some frequency. I've long-since had to reconcile myself with the fact that most people working in genre writing like fantasy RP are a bit stuck in this particular style, in part because they're more interested in content than aesthetic. That's why it's a peeve and not a dealbreaker.
I am a completely uneducated dork and I have no idea what kinds of writing styles you're thinking of when you mention specific authors or the styles of certain eras. I'm super curious on what you're talking about though just from a 'how majorly different are those styles of writing" stand point. Could you PM me examples? If it's too much of a hassle, it's okay. o/