Comments on: How Acting Can Help You Write Those Troublesome Scenes http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/ about the craft and business of fiction Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Links for Fiction Writers: Synopsis Writing, Acting and Character Stereotypes : Inky Fresh Press http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-142131 Links for Fiction Writers: Synopsis Writing, Acting and Character Stereotypes : Inky Fresh Press Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:43:19 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-142131 [...] ~Laura’s post on Writer Unboxed [...] [...] ~Laura’s post on Writer Unboxed [...]

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]]> By: Dee http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140836 Dee Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:02:14 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140836 Now that's ENTERTAINMENT! LOL...great advice...I am learning a lot. I can act it out a bit. I tried it, I like it! THANKS Now that’s ENTERTAINMENT! LOL…great advice…I am learning a lot. I can act it out a bit. I tried it, I like it! THANKS

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]]> By: Ashley Nelson http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140427 Ashley Nelson Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:32:02 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140427 One of the greatest writers did this exercise. I'm sure everyone has heard of him, Charles Dickens. He often acted out his characters and, of course, in front of the mirror in order to catch the movement and expressions of his characters. One of the greatest writers did this exercise. I’m sure everyone has heard of him, Charles Dickens. He often acted out his characters and, of course, in front of the mirror in order to catch the movement and expressions of his characters.

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]]> By: Jan O'Hara http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140385 Jan O'Hara Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:08:31 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140385 Laura, this is too funny. Not only do I have to write this way, I *critique* this way too. I know I'm in trouble with scenes when I can't inhabit my character's body. Laura, this is too funny. Not only do I have to write this way, I *critique* this way too. I know I’m in trouble with scenes when I can’t inhabit my character’s body.
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]]> By: Laura Espinosa http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140162 Laura Espinosa Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:36:36 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140162 You have to tell us the fruits of your labor when you're done with that scehe, Therese. :) Remember to stay loose! And Donna, you get over the kookiness very quickly when you hit a stride with your play acting and let go. Because then you're an entirely different person: your character! Good luck to you and thank all of you again for leaving comments on my first post! :D You have to tell us the fruits of your labor when you’re done with that scehe, Therese. :) Remember to stay loose!

And Donna, you get over the kookiness very quickly when you hit a stride with your play acting and let go. Because then you’re an entirely different person: your character! Good luck to you and thank all of you again for leaving comments on my first post! :D

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]]> By: Donna Cummings http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140026 Donna Cummings Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:55:08 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140026 I think this is going to help immensely with a scene I'm working on that is very emotional, but also requires some action from the characters -- I want to make sure their gestures and movements are appropriate. Now I just have to get over feeling kooky in the mirror! LOL I think this is going to help immensely with a scene I’m working on that is very emotional, but also requires some action from the characters — I want to make sure their gestures and movements are appropriate. Now I just have to get over feeling kooky in the mirror! LOL
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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140021 Therese Walsh Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:21:16 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140021 I am working on a troublesome scene right now, and this might just work. Trying! Thanks so much for a great post, Laura. I am working on a troublesome scene right now, and this might just work. Trying!

Thanks so much for a great post, Laura.

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]]> By: Laura "currently Lauren" Espinosa :) http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140013 Laura "currently Lauren" Espinosa :) Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:13:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140013 Thank you for all the wonderful comments! So I'm not the only one looking silly in front of a mirror or at a coffee shop! :) It's very liberating once you stop feeling self conscious about it. And you pick up behavioral nuances when you act that you might not have known about your character. The clearer the picture you get in your mind, the easier it is to transcribe. @Anna You have no idea how much I absolutely adored that post. It really spoke to me and I'm glad I was able to recharge your writing battery like you did mine! @Kristan I actually haven't read her blog but now I'm going to check it out! I draw a lot of my characters too. Usually to get a look and feel of attitude and clothing styles (and to also do something different). So it'd be great to read about another writer doing the same. @Meagan 20 years?? Wow, you are awesome. Also, I think being in the moment helps us combat telling vs showing in our writing. And for the record, I love acting out fight scenes (without the beating up) :) Thank you for all the wonderful comments! So I’m not the only one looking silly in front of a mirror or at a coffee shop! :) It’s very liberating once you stop feeling self conscious about it. And you pick up behavioral nuances when you act that you might not have known about your character. The clearer the picture you get in your mind, the easier it is to transcribe.

@Anna You have no idea how much I absolutely adored that post. It really spoke to me and I’m glad I was able to recharge your writing battery like you did mine!

@Kristan I actually haven’t read her blog but now I’m going to check it out! I draw a lot of my characters too. Usually to get a look and feel of attitude and clothing styles (and to also do something different). So it’d be great to read about another writer doing the same.

@Meagan 20 years?? Wow, you are awesome. Also, I think being in the moment helps us combat telling vs showing in our writing.

And for the record, I love acting out fight scenes (without the beating up) :)

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]]> By: Perry http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140010 Perry Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:43:54 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140010 I use gestures when I’m writing the scene for the first time. I will close my eyes and the stab or flick a latch. When I’m working with my NaNo group, they laugh at me. Whatever it takes to get it right. I use gestures when I’m writing the scene for the first time. I will close my eyes and the stab or flick a latch. When I’m working with my NaNo group, they laugh at me. Whatever it takes to get it right.

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]]> By: Kristan http://writerunboxed.com/2010/07/25/how-acting-can-help-you-write-those-troublesome-scenes/#comment-140002 Kristan Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:04:57 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/?p=3978#comment-140002 Oh, definitely! Great advice. I am constantly saying lines of dialogue out loud, thinking about tone and volume, and then "transcribing" that onto the page. Or movements -- gestures -- I make them in order to verify that I'm describing them correctly, or that they feel right. Sure, this probably garners me some strange looks (at the coffeeshop, or even just from my boyfriend on the other end of the couch) but you are absolutely right, it's a great way to get your mind into the story and the characters. Btw, you might already read her blog, but Natalie Whipple is a great writer and an artist as well. She uses character sketches -- literal ones -- to help her get into the story as well. http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/ Oh, definitely! Great advice. I am constantly saying lines of dialogue out loud, thinking about tone and volume, and then “transcribing” that onto the page. Or movements — gestures — I make them in order to verify that I’m describing them correctly, or that they feel right. Sure, this probably garners me some strange looks (at the coffeeshop, or even just from my boyfriend on the other end of the couch) but you are absolutely right, it’s a great way to get your mind into the story and the characters.

Btw, you might already read her blog, but Natalie Whipple is a great writer and an artist as well. She uses character sketches — literal ones — to help her get into the story as well. http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.com/
Kristan´s last blog post ..Good tidings

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