they have a life of their own
31st March 2017 | for Creatives | characters, intuitive writing & pantsing, magic/mystery of creating/art, language, writing, Brian Evenson |
"A good portion of the writing process is subconscious and your subconscious mind is arranging things before you see them on the page, so you feel like a character is taking over at certain points. I think that is more a function of your mind anticipating things. You've created a constellation of words that have a living quality and they end up feeling like they have a life of their own."
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