So, I really am trying to do this daily, so that I get a daily exercise is writing my thoughts as tightly as possible. Only today I don't have too many thoughts.
Today I am trying to get my head back into my story, full-on into the story, and for me at least that means a certain level of immersion. I am gathering a assault of music and images, smells, ideas, personalities -- anything that can fully transport me into the era I need to be writing in. I find that imagination is not enough -- never mind Mr. Olivier's remark that it's called Acting. I'm glad he could just transport himself to create characters, but I find I need to be a bit more Method about it before I can think like my characters. In some ways -- though not all -- writing is acting on paper. I find research not only feeds the stories, sometimes its the only place I can find them.
So, that's today's goal at least, to get my head wrapped around my characters' basic worldview. I'm off to moon over dresses and check out architecture...and take some ibuprofen. Headache. *sigh*
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