What I Want to Weave
You may not be able to tell from my oft-sarcastic writings on Teh Intarwebs, but in real life, I’m painfully shy. When it comes to social skills, well, I have none, and when it comes to my writing, I’m such a perfectionist that more often than not, I worry myself into not writing anything. I’m hoping that participating in this story band at least rounds off the sharp edges of these personality flaws. Story jamming is a very social activity (even long-distance over Skype), so hopefully this will make me more comfortable opening up to people. And the spontaneous nature of cooperative storytelling doesn’t leave much room for perfectionism. I’m already worrying about whether I’ll be able to come up with the kind of lush, synaesthetic descriptions that our game calls for on the spot, but as Willem has pointed out, you do this well by aiming for average, not brilliant. Hopefully through story jamming, I can gain some much-needed confidence in both my writing and in my life. And hopefully I can do it without driving the rest of the Mythweavers up a wall. 