katallison

You and Ces are explaining your process of writing from an actors' perspective. I'm not like that at all. I'm more of a director perspective. I start out by hearing a piece of dialogue in my mind, like hearing my actors reherse in another room. And then in my head I'm all "No, you go here, and you go there, and give me more confusion!" I'm molding the emotional content as I go along, I'm not sure what it's going to be. I just know where the characters are coming from and what they have to accomplish. It's almost like a group effort only all in my head... which, as I type this, makes me sound like kind of a nutter, but there you go. Sometimes the characters take me in places I hadn't intended, just as a good director will realize when to back off and let the actor do their own thing. Sometimes the dialogue gets away from me and I have to mentally pull things back on track, just like a director guides actors back on track if there's too much improv. Hmmm... It's an interesting way to think about it. I've always had a bit of a director's eye especially when it comes to media. Cool.