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lookingland) wrote2007-05-15 10:08 pm
lookingland) wrote2007-05-15 10:08 pm
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derf derf derf ~
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writers_five questions made me laugh when i tried to answer them for the Chammy:
i think my approach to "real-life" historical fiction character building must be painfully different from my regular character building. i could answer these questions much more comfortably for any one of the cast of a thousand in my "made-up" universe, but trying to answer them for real people doesn't sit well with me because i don't know and i don't like to conjecture too far off the path. i get images in my head of martin fido waxing weird about "awl the flesh!" (you have to say it with a british accent) on PBS's "hunt the Ripper" as though he'd been at the scene of the crime. gehhhh.
i'll readily admit to being a geek and a freak, but i can still separate my obsessions from the real world.
that said, i have a date this evening with Mr. Poppet and Mr. Ew (my names are getting less and less creative) ~ anyway, they're having dinner at Willard's and i need to figure out what's on the menu. this is part of that whole "logistics" problem i'm having currently.
it's been a long farking day.
: o p
the present-day Willard lobby;
i have to find out how much
it's changed in 140+ years.
a final note about one of the weird joys of reading history: no matter now randomly you pick your subject, you'll find that everybody knows everybody. it was such a small world back then. i've managed to find most of the best strange tidbits about characters from reading the random writings of other people. so and so knew so and so or served under so and so and/or they had a run-in with so and so. it's almost freaky the way everybody's connected (and by a lot less than six degrees).
my favorite so far is Mr. Poppet's story about Mr. NastyOwlFace threatening to fire him every time they had a meeting ~ and Mr. Poppet just taking it in due course after a while: yeah yeah, i know, i'm going to be fired (he never was). probably the funniest thing about it is Mr. NastyOwlFace also threatened to fire Mr. Hanty and pretty much everybody else he had a run-in with. which, i guess, is why he's called Mr. NastyOwlFace.
i think it's bedtime now.
: D
writers_five questions made me laugh when i tried to answer them for the Chammy:What did your character want to be when he grew up?i would have to say, on the whole, that i really can't answer these questions for the Goodie Proctor project.
a veterinarian first, then more likely a minister (no kidding!)
What did your character's parents/creator want them to be?
i'm thinking likewise on the minister part.
Does your character like his/her job/calling/destiny?
i don't think "like" enters the picture here. i think he's resigned/bound.
When was the last time your character got a vacation? What did they do for it?
hahahahahahahahahahahaha ~ i don't think a poor southern boy whose just spent five years in the killing fields in 1865 has any concept of "vacation".
If your character could have the perfect day, where would he/she spend it and with who?
i wouldn't have the slightest idea. honestly.
i think my approach to "real-life" historical fiction character building must be painfully different from my regular character building. i could answer these questions much more comfortably for any one of the cast of a thousand in my "made-up" universe, but trying to answer them for real people doesn't sit well with me because i don't know and i don't like to conjecture too far off the path. i get images in my head of martin fido waxing weird about "awl the flesh!" (you have to say it with a british accent) on PBS's "hunt the Ripper" as though he'd been at the scene of the crime. gehhhh.
i'll readily admit to being a geek and a freak, but i can still separate my obsessions from the real world.
that said, i have a date this evening with Mr. Poppet and Mr. Ew (my names are getting less and less creative) ~ anyway, they're having dinner at Willard's and i need to figure out what's on the menu. this is part of that whole "logistics" problem i'm having currently.
it's been a long farking day.
: o p
the present-day Willard lobby;
i have to find out how much
it's changed in 140+ years.
a final note about one of the weird joys of reading history: no matter now randomly you pick your subject, you'll find that everybody knows everybody. it was such a small world back then. i've managed to find most of the best strange tidbits about characters from reading the random writings of other people. so and so knew so and so or served under so and so and/or they had a run-in with so and so. it's almost freaky the way everybody's connected (and by a lot less than six degrees).
my favorite so far is Mr. Poppet's story about Mr. NastyOwlFace threatening to fire him every time they had a meeting ~ and Mr. Poppet just taking it in due course after a while: yeah yeah, i know, i'm going to be fired (he never was). probably the funniest thing about it is Mr. NastyOwlFace also threatened to fire Mr. Hanty and pretty much everybody else he had a run-in with. which, i guess, is why he's called Mr. NastyOwlFace.
i think it's bedtime now.
: D