Something a little more on topic 

Something a little more on topic

With a title like "DM's Mind" you'd think there would be more to do with gaming on this blog. I realized today that I've done little in that regard as of yet. Well, I'll change that today.
I enjoy DMing. The freedom to create a world and a story to engage my players in is fabulous. I think it's a nice outlet for my story writing. I may not be a published author, but I know that these 3-6 people are experiencing and enjoying my stories.
That said, writing an adventure for publication I am finding to be a much different experience. When I DM, I run off of very loosely written notes. A few NPC stats and notes, and a brief description of rooms, all wrapped together with a spiffy hand drawn map. I'm very much an 'off the cuff' DM. I took the adventure that I am currently running my players through, and I wrote it all out in the format requested by the company I'm submitting it to. I found it to be less than half the size they were requesting. crap. I spent two weeks expanding it. Adding more detail and helpful bits to everyplace I could think to add it. Now, I'd gotten it to fully half the size they were requesting. damn. So, I added a whole nother section to the adventure, and filled it with as much detail as I could possibly squeeze in. Finally, I had met with a reasonable length. Now, I'm going through and doing the first revision of it. Have some notes from the company, and revamping it as they requested. Some writers hate this portion of it. They say it feels like the company is trying to destroy their baby. I'm more open minded than that. I realize that the man giving me advice has infinately more experience at this than I do, and is trying to make a marketable product. I respect this. So, I've met with all the specific things he'd told me needed added/clarified/rewritten, and am about to start the part where I get to go back through every section of the adventure (for the umpteenth time) and see if I can't improve the general quality of writing of the whole thing. I've been putting this part off for two days now. I need to sit down and do it. As a matter of fact, I have it open right now. I've edited two sections before coming over to write this. I want to do this, I really do, but I'm balking at it. Monotany kills me, apparantly. I need to get over that if I want to write for a living. I know this. I'm working on it. I need to self-motivate. Well, we'll see what I can do.

Till next our paths cross, may your days be filled with joy and growth, love and companionship.