tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post8647989596595675929..comments2024-01-01T10:08:16.071-08:00Comments on Chris Longmuir, Crime Writer: Do You Become Your Characters?Chris Longmuirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-9341171915804394522013-01-22T08:25:55.678-08:002013-01-22T08:25:55.678-08:00I think as a writer you play around with the emoti...I think as a writer you play around with the emotions which are part and parcel to being human whether it is good or bad.<br /><br />I enjoy walking in my characters' shoes as I get to go place I wouldn't want to go to normally. I like to think I'm a nice, kind person.<br /><br />Read my short story 'Roofscapes' on 'You're Booked'Paula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-60812608590338308802013-01-15T11:56:23.434-08:002013-01-15T11:56:23.434-08:00Good post. A little of us in every character we cr...Good post. A little of us in every character we create. I find that scary! Kit Dominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325789826816127798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-57325959935711274742013-01-13T04:41:33.383-08:002013-01-13T04:41:33.383-08:00Rosemary, the thought of a little bit of me being ...Rosemary, the thought of a little bit of me being inside The Night Watcher, gives me the shuddersChris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-69296032143177033652013-01-12T13:39:27.753-08:002013-01-12T13:39:27.753-08:00You've been inside some scary heads, Chris. An...You've been inside some scary heads, Chris. And I agree, we writers have to be a bit weird...<br /><br />It's one thing to read a book with some unsavoury, dangerous sorts because a few short days later, the book is read and it's behind us.<br /><br />But the writer spends far more time with these scary folk.<br /><br />Yikes!<br />Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430429165603634058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-8364803536352726602013-01-11T08:27:34.593-08:002013-01-11T08:27:34.593-08:00Interesting potst, Chris - I think there's pro...Interesting potst, Chris - I think there's probably a little bit of ourselves in every one of our characters, even the scary ones!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-20235066912705804382013-01-11T04:35:12.200-08:002013-01-11T04:35:12.200-08:00Of course weird is normal. I suppose writers are a...Of course weird is normal. I suppose writers are a bit weird anyway, otherwise we wouldn't do what we do!Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-49526419354367855422013-01-10T11:47:09.031-08:002013-01-10T11:47:09.031-08:00I thought it was perfectly normal to be weird. Wha...I thought it was perfectly normal to be weird. What does that say about me? I must be a writer too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-84835141776170578162013-01-10T10:38:36.283-08:002013-01-10T10:38:36.283-08:00Only a writer could think like this as 'normal...Only a writer could think like this as 'normal' people would think you weird, Chris!!<br /><br />Great post though. I get to know my characters as I work on the first draft.<br /><br />Janice xxJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831786754054878605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583792441725730107.post-75638490029120477552013-01-10T09:06:24.193-08:002013-01-10T09:06:24.193-08:00Interesting Chris -and I love it when blogs are re...Interesting Chris -and I love it when blogs are recycled -so much work is wasted if only up for a few days.Fenella J Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13612724388603068664noreply@blogger.com