Unnecessary Delays

[alexandraerin]

I spent an hour today writing a 1,000 word update to Jamie's Tale and five hours trying unsuccessfully to turn it into a 2,000+ word update. This wasn't in a row. I kept walking away from the problem to see if I could get fresh perspective on it. Round midnight I was distracted by some D&D-related squee*. Each time I came back not having any better idea how to progress, and each time I missed the essential problem: it was a thousand word update.

That's all.

I'm blogging this so that maybe I learn from it.

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*This being the new Essentials preview material, which pretty well confirms that the D&D Essentials line will:

• Make things easier on newbies.
  
• Appeal to nostalgia.
  
• Not change the game for people who like the existing character options.
  
• Give new powers/candy that people who like the existing stuff can play with, too.
  

Win-win-win-win.

Comments

[kynn.livejournal.com]

This being the new Essentials preview material

this is indeed squeeworthy as it's a step in the correct direction.

i played d&d dark sun encounters on both Wednesday and Thursday. it was pretty awfulbad, i don't know what they were thinking.