I Do All This Alone, Everything I

The Thing Video Games Had To Learn Was To Write, Which Is Not To Let People Choose Their Own Stuff, But Actually Prescribe It. To Say, "this Character Is Not A Blank Canvas That You Can Project Onto. I'm Going To Tell You What This Character Is Like. And I'm Going To Tell You What Happens To Them. You're Going To Feel Involved In Other Ways." Video Games Made The Mistake Of Thinking Everything Had To Be Projectable, And This Doesn't Do That At All.

My First Attempt At Writing Was Very Unstructured And Formless, With Shifting Points Of View. I Was Trying To Understand How Long Form Might Work, And I Realized I Had Something Shapeless. It Was A Total Car Wreck. But I Still Felt I Could Pull It Off. So I Ditched That Attempt And Started Writing In The Opposite Manner, In First Person, With A Driving Narrative.

Every Dream That Anyone Ever Has Is Theirs Alone And They Never Manage To Share It. And They Never Manage To Remember It Either. Not Truly Or Accurately. Not As It Was. Our Memories And Our Vocabularies Aren't Up To The Job.

I Think Everything I Write Is From An Atheist Perspective. I Mean, It's Partly From An Atheist Perspective Because I'm An Atheist, And I'm Just Not Really Interested In Religious-based Questions.

I Carry A Lot Of Scars. I Like The Way That Sounds. I Carry A Lot Of Scars.