tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747271762156776839.post8945873589742787318..comments2023-10-26T03:57:52.601-04:00Comments on Jennifer's Den: Writers, attitudesJennifer RPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13804020453735917745noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747271762156776839.post-48436032767732446682012-07-17T11:20:45.896-04:002012-07-17T11:20:45.896-04:00Absolutely agreed. I've been able to enjoy man...Absolutely agreed. I've been able to enjoy many a person's work--whether writing or acting--while knowing that I wouldn't likely get on with them in person or share their opinions. Separate the work from the creator on some level, and you'll be able to enjoy more things.<br /><br />And similarly, again, we do put something of ourselves into what we write or into our acting, but we are not our writings or our roles. If I write a character who is a psychotic killer, that doesn't mean I am one. And on the flipside, if I write a character who is a saint, <em>that</em> doesn't mean I am one. Writers, actors, etc. are, ideally, skilled at putting themselves temporarily into the mindset of a person different from themselves in order to write a compelling story. If we could only write people that were the same as us...we'd be pretty poor writers.<br /><br />(And then there's also the sort of weird connections and assumptions people can make with writing for RPG characters specifically, but I'm going to leave off there before I get all irritable again.)Robert Mohrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06743186445657692368noreply@blogger.com