"There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves."

Creativity, Ideas, Want

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"There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves."

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"Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction."

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"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

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