Comments on: Method acting for authors http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors For writers, readers, and independent thinkers--book talk for readers and writers, life chats when we need them, writers' motivational articles, secret behind-the-scenes stories from the publishing trenches, and more. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:00:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1531 robin Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:58:43 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1531 (For those of you who haven't read Diana's novel <em>Secret Society Girl</em> yet--and WHY NOT??--her heroine Amy is afraid of the water.) (For those of you who haven’t read Diana’s novel Secret Society Girl yet–and WHY NOT??–her heroine Amy is afraid of the water.)

]]> By: Diana http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1526 Diana Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:55:02 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1526 I once wrote a character who always wore green and was afraid of birds. Yep. You guessed it. And this is so weird, but I just realized that it's been two summers now and I haven't been swimming since first writing Amy. Haven't even been in a hot tub. I once wrote a character who always wore green and was afraid of birds. Yep. You guessed it.

And this is so weird, but I just realized that it’s been two summers now and I haven’t been swimming since first writing Amy. Haven’t even been in a hot tub.

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1525 robin Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:02:11 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1525 PR=Project Runway? Cool! And how did you know about the chalk-eating? Damn. Now I have to start over. PR=Project Runway? Cool!

And how did you know about the chalk-eating? Damn. Now I have to start over.

]]> By: annette http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1524 annette Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:45:47 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1524 please be careful. jack had to start mainlining horse to infiltrate the columbia/serbian scumbag bioterrorist drug cartel and let me tell you, he ended up with quite the monkey on his back--it took him 6-7 hours to kick that habit. so put the carrot cake down, send me the popcorn (as well as all the chocolate in your possession--i will lock it up where it can do no harm)and start eating worms or chalk or glass or whatever the evidently troubled young woman of your fertile imagination craves. as for me a nice, chilled bombay sapphire is sounding mighty good. BIG ALERT FELLOW BLOGGIES (BJ, BUY A TV FOR THIS)--SCANDAL BREWING ON PR!!!! I'M SO EXCITED. please be careful. jack had to start mainlining horse to infiltrate the columbia/serbian scumbag bioterrorist drug cartel and let me tell you, he ended up with quite the monkey on his back–it took him 6-7 hours to kick that habit. so put the carrot cake down, send me the popcorn (as well as all the chocolate in your possession–i will lock it up where it can do no harm)and start eating worms or chalk or glass or whatever the evidently troubled young woman of your fertile imagination craves. as for me a nice, chilled bombay sapphire is sounding mighty good.

BIG ALERT FELLOW BLOGGIES (BJ, BUY A TV FOR THIS)–SCANDAL BREWING ON PR!!!! I’M SO EXCITED.

]]> By: robin http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1523 robin Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:17:08 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1523 See, and my point is that writing makes me leave the safety of my desk and go try new things. I learned to horseback ride because my girl heroine was an expert and I wanted to know what I was talking about. I've tried new foods because other characters were more adventurous in their dining choices than I am. But again, maybe I'm weird this way. See, and my point is that writing makes me leave the safety of my desk and go try new things. I learned to horseback ride because my girl heroine was an expert and I wanted to know what I was talking about. I’ve tried new foods because other characters were more adventurous in their dining choices than I am.

But again, maybe I’m weird this way.

]]> By: Barry http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1520 Barry Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:28:46 +0000 http://robinbrande.com/writing/method-acting-for-authors#comment-1520 Hmm. Yes. Well, as Sir Laurence Olivier is rumored to have said to famous Method actor Dustin Hoffman: "Have you tried ACTING, dear boy?" I understand the desire/need to have your characters do/say things that are beyond your own experience, though. That's one of the pleasures of writing fiction, to some degree -- the ability to live a more exciting life than our own. And all from the safety of our own desks. Hmm. Yes. Well, as Sir Laurence Olivier is rumored to have said to famous Method actor Dustin Hoffman: “Have you tried ACTING, dear boy?”

I understand the desire/need to have your characters do/say things that are beyond your own experience, though. That’s one of the pleasures of writing fiction, to some degree — the ability to live a more exciting life than our own. And all from the safety of our own desks.

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