User blog:Faeyrin/Creative writing group?

In the recent past, I realized something about roleplay here. Specifically, in regards to pure textplay. In my opinion, the key to quality textplaying and enjoyable roleplay sessions, is when all participants treat it like a creative writing exercise, instead of a game. When every character action is so vividly portrayed, instead of so simply wrote without effort, is when roleplay in this game really becomes something special.

I realized this, as did a friend of mine. When we did, our one on one sessions became exponentially more fun and involved. Even if it could take a heavy five lines of text to describe someone's mere facial expression, that was simply part of the package of doing roleplay like this.

And then we got to thinking further. If roleplay is done like this, with an actual writer's mindset, why should such quality sessions be lost to the abyss? A mere summary of what happened doesn't do justice for the grand short story that just manifested from the beauty of creative spontaneity.

Why not take it a step further, and transcribe the quality roleplay into the actual format of a story? And that's what my friend and I have begun to do. Record what was wrote, and collaboratively transform the grand roleplay session into a grand short story. That is just what we did, and it's turned out pretty good so far!

So my question to you, community...is who would be interested in doing something like this? Looking at and going about roleplay from the lens of a creative writer, and then collaborating with the like-minded participants involved in your sessions to transform your session into a short story for the community to read and enjoy?

I'd love to do this with the community, and I see potential in it. I hope the community would be interested as well. If enough interest is shown, an official group for this style of roleplay and writing would be swell to make.