When trying to work out the best course of action in a scene, stand back and let the characters decide.
Any other approach, invariably leads to forcing them to do things that are out of character.
I really should know this by now.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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And this is why writers are crazy: we create characters in our mind, and then they do things we don't expect.
Great note, thanks for reminding me too.
I've recently decided the reason I had no friends as a child was because I had too many voices in my head. Dang characters won't shut up.
If I stop to think about it, it's a bit weird that something that is apparently just my thoughts can act like an invidual. But then I stop thinking about it :)
I think the friends in my head where the better ones when I was a kid. Certainly more cooperative (I seem to have lost THAT in growing up).
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