[ SECRET POST #2797 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2797 ⌋

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Comments

Re: A lot of people have been talking about "writing what you know" on this thread.

[(Anonymous)]

OP

I think the difference between self-insertion and what I've called 'identification' is that self insertion is writing about yourself or, rather, the self you want to be -- the character may have a different name, and different physical characteristics, but you will privilege him or her in the story and, in particular, you'll downgrade other characters in an attempt to enhance 'your' character -- whereas identification is putting yourself in the character's position and finding something in yourself -- thoughts, feelings, experiences -- that help you understand them -- help you write them intuitively. Then you have to assess what you've written -- decide whether it's in character, whether it furthers the plot, whether it's intelligible to the reader -- and, where necessary, ruthlessly edit.

I actually think that self-insertion and identification (as I've described it above) are quite different mind sets, and reflect different motives for writing.

When things are going badly, and I'm battling writer's block, I find I can fake identification, using just reason and observation to deduce how a character will behave, but I know I'm faking it and, for me, without the emotional dimension identification provides, the characterisation lacks the spark of life.

Re: A lot of people have been talking about "writing what you know" on this thread.

[maverickz3r0]

I want to frame this comment and put it up somewhere.