On 7 Dec 00, at 15:34, jbstehman@earthlink.net wrote:

> > Screen time /is/ roleplaying time.
> 
> Jason, could you define screen time?

At the risk of being redundant, disingenuous, or flip:  Screen time 
/is/ roleplaying time.

Less oversimplified, it's time when the player is doing something 
with the character.  /In/ character, or close to it, "close" being a 
function of play style and format.  To change metaphors from 
scriptwriter to author, it's time when the player is getting to write, 
rather than read.  Literally, if one is playing by email.  "Screen 
time" is an analogy, and not a perfect one.

"Balancing" this means achieving the balance the players (and gm) 
are interested in, which may or may not be a perfectly equal 
distribution.

What sort of things are you thinking that I'm thinking aren't 
screen/roleplaying/writing time?

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