Hah, my instant thought when I read the first paragraph was "playing D&D"...then I hit the second. I've noticed a particular symbiosis lately, as my D&D group has gotten deeper into character stories and I've been having frequent talks with another friend about story and character creation that easily extrapolates beyond games. In fact, he made the point recently that a roleplaying game would be a beneficial experience for a lot of people in society-at-large, and I felt silly when I realized I hadn't considered that roleplaying and that sort of exercise in empathy would be a new experience for many people. That's strange to me, when I'm practicing it every day.
I'm not sure I can think of any universal skills or experiences at the moment (beyond the mundane ones like time management), but in terms of skills that can be helpful depending on what you want to write, I would put foreign language on my list. Certainly for anyone interested in fantasy worldbuilding with language. And I actually suspect that my familiarity with French and German has a positive influence on my word choices and syntax in English, but I can't really back that up because it's not very conscious.
This is a good question, I hope to read more answers.
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Date: 2016-05-03 06:05 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I can think of any universal skills or experiences at the moment (beyond the mundane ones like time management), but in terms of skills that can be helpful depending on what you want to write, I would put foreign language on my list. Certainly for anyone interested in fantasy worldbuilding with language. And I actually suspect that my familiarity with French and German has a positive influence on my word choices and syntax in English, but I can't really back that up because it's not very conscious.
This is a good question, I hope to read more answers.