Yes, the little people in my head talk to me. One reason that I write stories with so much dialogue (or, actually, getting close to radio plays with quotation marks instead of capitalized character names) is that they're a chatty bunch but not so much with the action, so there's not too much for me to describe.
When I write, in effect what I do is bring the actors into the rehearsal room and let them improvise, and I keep running the rehearsal until I think they have the scene down pat; then I write that.
Ah, yes, that sounds familiar. A few stage directions, a motivation, and then watch them go at it. Come to think of it, most of my characters seem just as crazed 'backstage' as the theater people I've known.
I do find it interesting that writing in lj has changed my story-writing style. My latest fic writing phase started out extremely dialogue-based. Now, the extent to which I indicate action in my own textual life *waves hands demonstratively* seems to have translated to my characters as well. It's a curious thing to track.
Very well-put with the rehearsal-run! I find I almost get into a "Director's Cut" situation sometimes, and the version that gets written down is actually a fraction of what MIGHT have been. Course, I've been know to run bedroom-scenes indefinitely - just to be sure to get them ABSOLUTELY right *g*
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Date: 2005-02-23 02:49 pm (UTC)When I write, in effect what I do is bring the actors into the rehearsal room and let them improvise, and I keep running the rehearsal until I think they have the scene down pat; then I write that.
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Date: 2005-02-23 07:02 pm (UTC)I do find it interesting that writing in lj has changed my story-writing style. My latest fic writing phase started out extremely dialogue-based. Now, the extent to which I indicate action in my own textual life *waves hands demonstratively* seems to have translated to my characters as well. It's a curious thing to track.
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Date: 2005-02-25 10:41 am (UTC)no subject
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