4 Quotes & Sayings By David Williamson Shaffer

David Williamson Shaffer is the author of the acclaimed novels "The Last Good Time" and "In Plain Sight." The former was a finalist for the coveted Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and the latter won the prestigious Anthony Award for Best First Novel. In addition to his fiction, Shaffer has collaborated with many talented writers on screenwriting projects. In 2009, NPR's All Things Considered online named him one of "100 Authors You Should Be Reading." His website, davidwilsonshaffer.com, features news and information about his writing as well as a free sample chapter from his first novel, "In Plain Sight."

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Hard fun is, of course, the idea that we take pleasure in accomplishing something difficult: the joy in meeting and mastering a challenge. As a result, when someone is doing something that is hard fun, moment by moment it looks more like "work" than "fun, " but the net effect is pleasurable overall. David Williamson Shaffer
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The point, as I emphasize in the book, is not for players to become professionals, but rather to have innovative and creative ways of thinking about real problems as part of their intellectual toolkit. David Williamson Shaffer
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Simply put: Epistemic games recreate in game form the things that people do in the real world to learn to think in innovative and creative ways about problems that matter. David Williamson Shaffer