It was so nice to meet you all last night. It is a lovely group and I look forward to hearing about the progress on your plays...
Great discussion was started last week with the question of the greatest challenge- it seems that finding time and getting stuck on a part of your play are two issues that are common struggles...
The fact that you are part of this circle and taking the time to focus on your work is wonderful! Hopefully you can work through any kinks that you have in your plays through this process.
Here is the question for week #2!
Characters- how do you differentiate their voices? How do you choose their names? Do you find that you model a real person when creating a character?
Alright, post your thoughts...
And all the best with the development of your plays!
Talk to you all soon-
Tracy
Before the characters can speak I need to know who they are, so first I develop their backgrounds, defining moments in their lives, gender, age, appearance, jobs, important relationships, etc., and then hopefully their voices will come out of that. As for their names, they also come out of their personalities, and I hardly ever end up with the same names I started with. Initially I do model the characters on real people - at least superficially - but they usually end up not ressembling the real people.
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