Albus S Potter wrote:My rant is exactly the opposite. Every character of mine has a defining quality which actually belongs to me, and that I exaggerate in the posts accordingly.....but they're still very different people in the way they react, and it takes so long to actually settle into their mindset, so as to say, when I try to post. Its like, for an important Albus post, I have to sit in a corner quietly for at least fifteen minutes, listen to an 'Albus' song, try to brew the same feelings......it just becomes so exhaustive at times, and most importantly there isn't enough time for all that; and I simply abhor putting up a post that isn't up to a certain level.
*sigh*
^THAT, OMG THAT.
Viv is easy for me, since she's basically just a darker version of myself. She's a lot harder to write in her Reid threads though, because the stuff between them is some intense sh!t. Sometimes I'll experence stuff like what Addie does, with her, and I end up a mess.
Most of the time, Viv flows pretty easily.
Kat-Car is easy enough too, I'm not sure what that says about me, but I rarely struggle with her. All my other charries? SO DIFFICULT!
Keira, you're not the only one who has odd routines to get into the mindset of characters! I don't have music for them, but I am an actor. When I'm struggling, I literally do what I do with acting rolls. I sit there and think about what the character has done that day, and literally pretend to be them until I get into the mindset. I actually had to track down a hair-tie and put my hair up to write the other day, because Rivah always pulls her hair up when she's stressed. Hope that makes you feel better, Keira. Because, yes, exausting.
Also: Midterms.
by Marie Voisard Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:43 am
