tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post8713747079807220329..comments2023-11-02T05:00:35.159-07:00Comments on A Pen for Your Thoughts and Mine: Character CountsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post-90555300146100843772012-02-06T14:01:15.430-08:002012-02-06T14:01:15.430-08:00So true, Anne... which I find harder and harder to...So true, Anne... which I find harder and harder to do the more books I write. POV, no problem, but the emotion? Heavens, that's something else, again. <br /><br />A trick that has worked for me is a total emersion sort of thing, where I find music that relates to certain scenes that jump-start those necessary feelings. The more I listen before writing, it automatically triggers that "let's-get-with-it" writing button. <br /><br />For instance, once when I was working on a WWII saga, I listened to nothing but Benny Goodman dance music, and BBC news broadcast recordings for that actual time. The only drawback was the Captain got sick of eating so much corned beef and cabbage, and me traipsing around in Depression-era aprons in the kitchen. Personally, I absolutely love getting into different characters...<br /><br />Wonderful post!Lilly Maytreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749276313502544046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post-54509688763475221752012-02-04T16:02:37.947-08:002012-02-04T16:02:37.947-08:00Great post on deep POV, Anne - it's a techniqu...Great post on deep POV, Anne - it's a technique I love, though, I always have much to learn! god bless.Marianne Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729453143807888867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post-92229226225354417282012-02-04T13:59:47.546-08:002012-02-04T13:59:47.546-08:00I agree. Great post. So important to get inside th...I agree. Great post. So important to get inside that head. Makes that POV come so much easier.Shirley Kiger Connollyhttp://shirleykigerconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post-18444882630492720702012-02-04T12:43:32.599-08:002012-02-04T12:43:32.599-08:00Wonderful advice, Anne! I completely agree. I can ...Wonderful advice, Anne! I completely agree. I can always tell, when I'm writing <i>outside</i> my character's head because the writing sounds too much like a description. It feels <i> apart</i> from me...whereas, when I'm truly <b>being</b> my character, the words I write <i>work</i>, and I get completely lost in my character's world. Excellent post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post-14032548807554539152012-02-04T10:53:00.196-08:002012-02-04T10:53:00.196-08:00Thanks, Anne. I have sat in my chair, so into my c...Thanks, Anne. I have sat in my chair, so into my character's head that I've laughed, or cried, or scared myself. At other times, the writing just doesn't cut it. And those times are when I'm not viewing life as though I were one of my fictional people.<br />Thanks for the reminder.LoRee Peeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465045728587145734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8931786447770768460.post-13875831165517781942012-02-01T12:45:45.409-08:002012-02-01T12:45:45.409-08:00You know I will become my character so well you wo...You know I will become my character so well you won't tell who the author is. I enjoyed your insight about weaving your own emotion into your character. And I sometimes try to stray from calling them characters as much as I want to craft real people in my stories.<br /><br />This really helped me. Thank you.Ty-shaun Coleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14639433171904220867noreply@blogger.com