Comments on: Beyond the Fourth Wall http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/09/beyond-the-fourth-wall/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: MaryK http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/09/beyond-the-fourth-wall/#comment-14529 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:59:15 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/09/beyond-the-fourth-wall/#comment-14529 A lot in the first section of my book when I was writing about my mother's abusive childhood. I'd heard about it for years, but I was too busy nursing my own wounds to think about her pain. It wasn't until I took myself into her world and tried to see 'her side of the story' and describe how that must have felt that I began to understood her. Yes, I've sat writing with tears dripping off my cheeks many times. A lot in the first section of my book when I was writing about my mother’s abusive childhood.

I’d heard about it for years, but I was too busy nursing my own wounds to think about her pain.

It wasn’t until I took myself into her world and tried to see ‘her side of the story’ and describe how that must have felt that I began to understood her.

Yes, I’ve sat writing with tears dripping off my cheeks many times.

]]> by: Eric http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/09/beyond-the-fourth-wall/#comment-14506 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:27:53 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/07/09/beyond-the-fourth-wall/#comment-14506 I wrote a scene like that recently. An interesting thing I noted was... the character was torn between two emotions. They wanted to enjoy and feel one emotion but was forced to deal with a situation that interrupted how they wanted to feel, and forced them to feel a much more heart-wrenching thing. I may try to intentionally do that more. Wants to feel vs. interruption feeling. I wrote a scene like that recently. An interesting thing I noted was… the character was torn between two emotions. They wanted to enjoy and feel one emotion but was forced to deal with a situation that interrupted how they wanted to feel, and forced them to feel a much more heart-wrenching thing.

I may try to intentionally do that more. Wants to feel vs. interruption feeling.

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