DM: hey guys just a quick email. I was wondering if you would tell me what you had in mind for this game coming up, and where you see your characters going? thanks

John Darnielle, lead singer of the mountain goats: I don’t know. I’m learning about the character as we roleplay the character. And so I don’t have a plan. I find out in play where it’s going. And that’s what I do, I sort of, for me I think some of the thrill of the final piece, is that you can hear that the writer was going somewhere, but also didn’t have a plan he was laying out—me—you know, that I was laying out. That there was a growth happening.

DM: okay john! see you thursday