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Depressing. But that's the whole idea, right? I've been researching various kinds of crazy, and talking to my psychiatric social worker friend, but the only way to get something credible on paper is from the inside.
One of the things the writers don't usually tell you is that they play all the characters in their books, even the nastiest characters, even the sickest. Another is that the best comedy is separated from horror by the merest hair. So I've got to write this chapter now, and it's going to make me a little strange. When I finish, though, I'll have something killingly funny.
Or maybe just killing.
I'll get back to you next week. I think.
Kate Gallison
*Photo by Melanie Orenius, http://donkeyes.blogspot.com/p/melanie.html
Very method, Kate. Interesting. BTW, I have a clinical psych background if you ever want to ask any questions!
ReplyDeleteShe's the detective, right? Marvelous, against-the-grain heroine. I buy her.
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I think that when a writer slips into one of these maniac characters it's best to leave a trail of bread crumbs (or something) that will lead back to reality. Slipping into the dark shadows of these mysterious wooded areas is perhaps what Hansel and Gretel is about!!! Terror is in the eye of the beholder. Have a safe journey home.
ReplyDeleteKate, it sounds like you might have a hit on your hands, as in the tradition of those Scandinavians that are winning all the prizes! Good luck! Thelma
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