tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post113656039315760989..comments2024-03-19T00:29:19.632-04:00Comments on A Dark Planet: Too True For Fiction?David Terrenoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1136703264471756252006-01-08T01:54:00.000-05:002006-01-08T01:54:00.000-05:00I wrote a gas can-hustle scene verbatium into my f...I wrote a gas can-hustle scene verbatium into my first screenplay and everybody that has read it with the exception of the Missus, said it sounded fake. Such is life.Writeprocrastinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930301518671850256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1136665468467034972006-01-07T15:24:00.000-05:002006-01-07T15:24:00.000-05:00Oh, another point: No matter how original and not-...Oh, another point: No matter how original and not-from-life your characters are, your friends, family, & significant others will try to figure out who's who. Drives me crazy sometimes....Olen Steinhauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804228640138136310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1136665351462194962006-01-07T15:22:00.000-05:002006-01-07T15:22:00.000-05:00Early on in my writing I used things from life tha...Early on in my writing I used things from life that people didn't believe. But I think they didn't believe it, not because it was unbelievable, but because I hadn't set it up well enough. It's my contention that, no matter how ludicrous a scene or character is, given the proper set-up and exposition, anything can be made utterly realistic. It's about how you write it, not what it is.<BR/><BR/>Not that I know anymore, as I've essentially stopped taking things directly from my own life. And I never take characters from real life. Usually I find the plot/story tells me what kind of character this should be.<BR/><BR/>As for a fictional scene being so real people think it happened to me, yes, it happens sometimes. But usually when it's in first-person and the main character is supposed to be someone like me. I read out a story of sexual humiliation in my grad school class, with an "I" getting the humiliation, and while they liked the story a lot, everyone had a little trouble talking to me afterward. They all seemed rather embarrassed for me.Olen Steinhauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804228640138136310noreply@blogger.com