If I had the time and the money, I would love to be a method writer... I could learn and experience a bunch of really cool things and write about them with confidence. Instead, I have to live vicariously through my characters who get to have a bunch of skills, hobbies and experiences I wish I could have. That's part of the appeal of being a writer a though!
But I do also write from what I know too, so my characters tend to get lumped with my all my own neuroses, weird likes and dislikes, trauma and character flaws... all the good stuff! 😂
Right? Time and money, the great barrier to all. I do also think that the more I try out new things, the more those new things work their way into my characters. Almost like every skill I acquire trickles down to characters. Which makes sense.
I wonder if there's some value in seeing what our characters do, and investing more time into the things that keep coming back in multiple characters. Who knows, this is all new to me lol.
If I had the time and the money, I would love to be a method writer... I could learn and experience a bunch of really cool things and write about them with confidence. Instead, I have to live vicariously through my characters who get to have a bunch of skills, hobbies and experiences I wish I could have. That's part of the appeal of being a writer a though!
But I do also write from what I know too, so my characters tend to get lumped with my all my own neuroses, weird likes and dislikes, trauma and character flaws... all the good stuff! 😂
Right? Time and money, the great barrier to all. I do also think that the more I try out new things, the more those new things work their way into my characters. Almost like every skill I acquire trickles down to characters. Which makes sense.
I wonder if there's some value in seeing what our characters do, and investing more time into the things that keep coming back in multiple characters. Who knows, this is all new to me lol.