Unlikely Influences: What Lise Fracalossi learned about writing from LARPing

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Unlikely Influences is��a series of weekly blog posts about��how writers can learn the tricks of their trade in odd places. Most are from guest authors, but I��ll pop in from time to time too.

This week��s installment is by Lise Fracalossi.

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What I Learned About Writing From LARPing

by Lise Fracalossi

First, a brief definition, for those of you who haven��t seen the movie Role Models. LARPing (or larping) stands for live action roleplaying, or, what happens if you play D&D while wearing costumes.

I started out in the theater-style larp/interactive literature community, which involves short, one-shot games which feature people pointing index cards at each other. But I have recently graduated into playing live combat or ��boffer�� larps, which means I��m��

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