freaking yourself out - Page 2 - Writers Forum

Crazy_dude6662 · 08-20-2005, 12:53 PM

i like to write horror

Crazy_dude6662 · 08-20-2005, 05:56 PM

personally i think a writer remain detached is bullsh1t mainly cos the writier isnt getting into the story. as a good story should suck in the reader it should also suck in the writer, why write somthing that you wouldnt read, when i read i get totally absorbed and dont have a single clue as to whats happening around me. a writer should be the same with their story in my opinion. this is my opinion, people may not agree with me but thats what i think and nothing will change that.

midlandsmuse · 08-20-2005, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mammamaia

"A good writer should remain detached"

i'd only change 'should' to 'will'...

I think this is the only time I have disagreed with something you have said.

My background is in acting and in particular method acting. One of the techniques you use is sense memory where you try to remember what you could see, hear, touch, taste and smell when living out an emotion in your life. By remembering it you bring the emotion back for your acting.

I've used this to good effect in my writing. In fact, many people have commented on how I add descriptions they have read nowhere else. For instance, how your leg muscles feel while scared, what you can taste, etc. People have said that it's really improved the writing. But the only reason I was able to this was by using sense memory while writing. I have made myself upset, angry and ashamed while writing pieces. I was even able to theorise to a point where I wrote a piece about someone slitting their wrists (something I have never done). The ultimate compliment was when someone who had slit their wrists said I had described it perfectly and could't believe I hadn't done tried it myself.

I think you need to use any emotions you feel and put them into your work. If you are feeling scared and you have a character that is scared then describe how you are feeling. You'd be surprised just how accurate it is and how well people relate to it.

Crazy_dude6662 · 08-20-2005, 06:32 PM

yay someone agrees with me!

mammamaia · 08-21-2005, 09:18 AM

you may both be surprised to know that i agree with you! [after you recover from the shock, read on, dear friends]

... i wasn't referring to the kind of detachment that would keep us from becoming intimately involved with our characters or fictional situations... i was only referring to the kind that allows us to keep on writing, no matter how terrifying or sad-making what we write may be... the kind of artistic [semi-?]detachment apparently lacking in the poster who was so petrified by what he/she was writing, that the creative flow was stemmed...

...or, as you put so well in your ending remarks, mm, to USE those emotions, rather than give in to them...

...thanks to you both for giving me the input needed to clarify my remark... we're all on the same page, i think...

hugs, m

Crazy_dude6662 · 08-21-2005, 09:26 AM

i thought you ment detactched as in not involved in the story

mammamaia · 08-21-2005, 09:30 AM

i realize i should have been a bit more 'clear'... sorry to have misled...

Crazy_dude6662 · 08-21-2005, 09:57 AM

thats okay i forgive you

mammamaia · 08-21-2005, 10:50 AM

aw, gee [blushes, smiles shyly]... you're such a nice guy! [gal?]

or, are you?... is that a tongue sticking out at me?!?

Victoria Island · 08-21-2005, 11:24 AM

its a lip. its the grinch and he hates christmas. i hope you dont hate christmas dude. also i hope you're not green - if you are go see a doctor.

Crazy_dude6662 · 08-21-2005, 12:31 PM

yeah im a guy, nope i dont hate xmas, not since cindy lou who opened my heart (i think that was her name, cantankerous b- im mean lovely girl)

Oracle · 08-22-2005, 08:30 PM

If you're scared when you write, just remember that your story is just a story. It doesn't have any effect on what's going to happen to you in real life. Just because someone is slashing open your character's throat, it doesn't mean a slasher is lurking in your own home.