http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/06/karen-miller-on-sanity/ Orbit Books Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/06/karen-miller-on-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Karen Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:11:33 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3697#comment-1026 Well, I think when it comes to being close to your characters it's a case of making sure when you're writing from their pov you're inside their skin and head during those scenes. I think you use the distance to help you observe things and learn about people, and then you discard the distance and go in real close for the actual writing part. Well, I think when it comes to being close to your characters it’s a case of making sure when you’re writing from their pov you’re inside their skin and head during those scenes. I think you use the distance to help you observe things and learn about people, and then you discard the distance and go in real close for the actual writing part.

]]> http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/06/karen-miller-on-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Satima Flavell Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:26:10 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3697#comment-1025 That's a brilliant way of putting it, Karen. Do you think that a spin off from this is the gulf between the creative self and the analytical self? I know that's a hard one for me, as I'm constantly told that I am "too distant" from my characters. That’s a brilliant way of putting it, Karen. Do you think that a spin off from this is the gulf between the creative self and the analytical self? I know that’s a hard one for me, as I’m constantly told that I am “too distant” from my characters.

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