5th July 2016 | for Creatives | characters, artist in the art, writing, creating in the moment, Heidi Pitlor |
"In every character I write, there's a little piece of me. And they're all interesting to me, enough that I would write a book about them ... It's exciting to imagine being different people."
"It's this funny headspace you get in, where you're acting, really. .... You literally pretend you are this person, and you go about your life as if you are this person. And so, when people will ask me, 'Did you like this character?' I don't know. Because I'm so far inside them, I can't judge them at all. You're behaving as if you are this person."
"That's probably what draws me to fiction: It feels like the most elastic place to explore people. And probably the most forgiving place."
"If elements of my own life sift themselves into the plot, it's because they feel organic to the story I am telling—a story that distinctly belongs to the characters and not to me. I try to listen to the demands of the story and stay true to them."
"Fiction is the examination of the human heart as individual characters move through scenes that test—or perhaps change—their souls."
"When you're writing, you have to get really close to your subject and see the weird and unexpected 'colors' there. Even a character who's supposed to be incredibly sexy should have flaws. Even a tragic scene should have those weird moments of humor or joy. Those little details are the rich part of your writing, and the only thing language should be doing is translating what you 'see' as cleanly as possible to readers."
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