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I'm doing some informal research on how people view this topic. So...
"Gamers are good writers, and writers are good gamers." Discuss.
"Gamers are good writers, and writers are good gamers." Discuss.
Playing storytelling games, such as D&D and other RPGs, can help with imagination, but I don't think it's remotely a necessity in order to write good stories.
It depends on what you play and how you play it. I played D&D online in chatrooms and it helped my writing immensely. But something like WoW? Maybe it helped, marginally, to get a feel for the breadth of what fantasy can do - but I could see it hurting as much as helping.
I'm doing some informal research on how people view this topic. So...
"Gamers are good writers, and writers are good gamers." Discuss.
You would also have to be careful that you are not simply writing out whatever happened in last nights round of WoD, or worse, you are writing down what other player characters did and said and not your own ideas.
Just an FYI: Steven Erikson's Malazan universe is the product of a home brewed campaign setting for an RPG. I would never have known this if ThinkerX didn't bring it to my attention. I don't mind one bit, either. I'm a huge Erikson fan.
Could you expand on this? What do you mean by "help with imagination"?