In the same conversation about Evergreen: A Fallen Star with my friend Hana, which I spoke about last blog entry, I went on to admit that whenever I did writer role-play to develop characters and plot, I usually became Chihiro. Then I had to explain writer role-play... me and my big mouth.
Writer role-play, as far as I take it and use it, is when an author acts out the part or parts of one of their characters. This could be anything from a conversation to an action scene, and the process could be repeated with changes until the author is satisfied they have created something worth adding to their story.
I think of it in terms of drama, which I studied at school as one of my final subjects. It's like a private improvisation work-shop where you get to theatrically explore and develop your characters. I find that if I am having trouble doing this on paper, an activity like this will give me a bit of a boost. I can establish my character's voice, movement, gestures, facial expressions, and I can explore their moods and reactions to circumstances on a physical level. Or I can literally talk myself through a conversation with them until they say what I want them to say, rather than having to backspace every time I write it and am not happy with it.
Has anyone else out there tried writer role-play or something similar?
My next blog entry will be about a particular experience of my own, so stay tuned.
- Bonnee.
I think of it in terms of drama, which I studied at school as one of my final subjects. It's like a private improvisation work-shop where you get to theatrically explore and develop your characters. I find that if I am having trouble doing this on paper, an activity like this will give me a bit of a boost. I can establish my character's voice, movement, gestures, facial expressions, and I can explore their moods and reactions to circumstances on a physical level. Or I can literally talk myself through a conversation with them until they say what I want them to say, rather than having to backspace every time I write it and am not happy with it.
Has anyone else out there tried writer role-play or something similar?
My next blog entry will be about a particular experience of my own, so stay tuned.
- Bonnee.
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I love reading through your blog, it's fascinating how well you can portray other characters, I'm sure the drama classes helped!
ReplyDeleteI will stay tuned and thanks for creating something actually worth reading on here! :)
Well I'm glad that someone thinks so, and thank you so much for commenting! I believe honesty is the key to many things worth reading (I should talk about that in another blog-post some time).
DeleteHow did I just see this? Ha! :)
ReplyDeleteLOL :) It was too interesting NOT to share :D
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