tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post8208624827641813878..comments2024-03-01T11:52:44.729-05:00Comments on Bat in the Attic: Creativity can't be taught. Yeah so what!Robert Conleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-26415067362626005442011-08-24T21:30:27.909-04:002011-08-24T21:30:27.909-04:00Amen, my brother. They say the same thing about p...Amen, my brother. They say the same thing about poets: can you teach it? is it a gift?<br /><br />You know, even if it was we don't know who has the gift and have to teach everyone the best we know how. So, no reason for all of us not to keep striving, trying to reach our own potentials. Thanks for the post.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-31869916154477017592011-08-21T01:28:57.760-04:002011-08-21T01:28:57.760-04:00I also had Scarlett Fever as a child and after tha...I also had Scarlett Fever as a child and after that my grades dropped and never came up. I think that I am still damaged from it to this day.Eldrad Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292418521508905397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-31319827990794978222011-08-20T19:38:16.963-04:002011-08-20T19:38:16.963-04:00I was going to disagree with "Creativity can&...I was going to disagree with "Creativity can't be taught", but I understand your more detailed explanation...<br /><br />...And yet talent alone is not enough. There are extremely talented people who, if they don't practice or hone their abilities, find themselves eventually eclipsed by those of moderate talent who work ceaselessly and intelligently to improve their skill.Alex Osiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851139031311819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-42471733174661921782011-08-20T18:15:12.528-04:002011-08-20T18:15:12.528-04:00Really unique story, thanks for sharing it. I mys...Really unique story, thanks for sharing it. I myself am a big "ham" and orchestrator of things, so DM'ing seemed instinctual for me. Yet there absolutely IS a learning process by which we all go from just "being a DM" to "being a pretty decent DM" to "being a good DM" -- and that process takes experience and time, whatever our individual limitations.Carter Soleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286436801953647693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-89892177575810554832011-08-20T15:24:36.758-04:002011-08-20T15:24:36.758-04:00Having played with many people over the years I wo...Having played with many people over the years I would have to say that GMing might be something that people can learn but to be great at it, I think it just takes a certain natural skill. Natural yes, but one that needs to be tweaked and perfected.<br />At work I have had many people comment over the years that I have a certain ability to logically BS on the fly, and make it completely reliable and believable. Where did I get this? Got me, but my years and years as a GM (I count about 28 now) helped me with this. When players did something unexpected what did I do? I made a convincing, and seemingly planned, BS narration and rolled with it.<br />So how do you do it? A little natural skill. And how do you become great? Practicing that skill, just like any other skill.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04998881232495777586noreply@blogger.com