Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors

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He must fit his own human qualities to the life of this other person, and pour into it all of his own soul. The fundamental aim of our art is the creation of this inner life of a human spirit, and its expression in an artistic form.—Constantin Stanislavsky, An Actor Prepares  The “Secrets” or characterization techniques in this book can open a whole new world of thinking for you as a novelist. I’ve adapted these techniques from the “System” or “Method” of acting attributed to the great Russian ...actor and director Constantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938). When I started my career in fiction I automatically used these adaptations from Method Acting in my writing. I soon saw from reader feedback that the techniques were working. Readers would comment how they didn’t just read the scenes I wrote, they felt them. To this day that’s the highest praise I can receive from a reader.But when I would mention these techniques to my colleagues, many of whom had been published far longer than I, they gave me blank looks.MoreLess

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