As a writer, do you allow your characters to tell their own stories or do they allow you to interpret the story they want you to tell? I’m asking because I find myself allowing my characters to speak and tell their own stories.
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Hey Josiah, interesting question..... my 'default' position would be to interpret my character stories on the page. However, I have also had characters talking to me (as weird as that sounds, but I'm sure fellow writers can relate to this). I do try and put myself into the 'body' of each character to understand their motivations on a deeper level.
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Josiah, my belief is that if a character stops, the story stops. Therefore their actions/decision/desires/etc build the story. Therefore by extension, they are telling the story.
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I just like making shit up, use tools of the story trade (setup & payoff, foreshadowing, mcguffins), pray my concepts connect with strangers in the business of making movies. That's it.
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In # 1 it was a teamwork effort with some of the characters. We were merged together as I wrote. So we contributed to the storyline. We speak the same language so we didn't need any interpretation.
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I write short story books. I tell the story about the characters. This works best for me right now.