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[lizziebelle]

It's a lovely, bright, sunny day out there today, very unlike the day 21 years ago when I moved to Massachusetts. It was snowing then, from the coast all the way to northern NY, from where I was driving. It's not very warm though, so I will get bundled up before I head outside to roam in the woods.

I've been doing a lot of thinking on and exploring of this new character of mine, immersing myself in her world. Is there such a thing as Method Writing, akin to Method Acting? If so, then I suppose that is what I am doing. Perhaps it is a remnant of my years in the theatre. Not that I was ever a Method actor... I was more of a spur-of-the-moment actor. Or perhaps an in-the-moment one. Kind of like jumping in the deep end of the pool, getting wet all at once. Splash!

Have a wonderful Sunday! There will most likely be pictures later.  :)

Comments

[pjthompson]

There very much is such a thing as Method Acting in writing. I used a mild form of it myself. And Elizabeth Bear writes of a more dedicated version of it here:

http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/2007/11/07/clinging/

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks!

[chalkhorse.livejournal.com]

When I used to write scripts (I wrote a full length play for my MFA) I often found that character "voices" eally took over and wrote their own dialogue. I would be surprised looing at what I wrote days later to find I had not really remembered writing all of it. It's a really exciting but strange phenomenon! So maybe this character is speaking through you, too.