Stephenie Meyer (post 6) describes multiple-personality writing process in New York Times interview on “Midnight Sun” (“Twilight” from vampire’s perspective)
I have previously discussed Stephenie Meyer’s multiple personality novel, “The Host.” Search “host meyer” to see those posts.
Background for new New York Times interview: “The Twilight saga, which follows teenage Bella Swan’s romance with Edward Cullen, a century-old vampire, turned into a multimillion-dollar brand following the first book’s release in 2005, producing five movies and millions of devotees around the world, many of whom have been clamoring for ‘Midnight Sun’…”
In the new interview on “Midnight Sun,” she describes her process of fiction writing in terms of three mechanisms: Dictation, evidently from some personality in her head. Switching away from her own personality and becoming the character’s personality. Hearing the thoughts of characters as voices in her head (in multiple personality, referred to as “co-consciousness”).
“…With some of my books, it was like they were writing themselves, and I was just working to keep up with dictation…
“The things that I enjoy[ed] most about [the new book] are — I liked not being the human being [character]. I like that experience, stripping away your humanity and getting to be something other…
“…[Edward] is reading [the other characters’] minds all the time. It’s a reflex reaction for him, he can’t control it, so you get, not just a picture of people, you get the full story all the time, which is kind of overwhelming. I think you get a sense of how overwhelming it would be to constantly have people’s voices in your head…”
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