“Getting Into Character” by Brandilyn Collins

“Let’s face it—we writers of fiction are a mighty strange breed. We view the world differently. We walk around with voices and shadowy figures in our heads. We tend to stare out windows, mumble to ourselves. The normals (all those who don’t write fiction) can’t begin to understand us. Only our first cousins, the actors, can come close to matching our eccentricities. For we share the same goal: bringing characters to life” 1, p. 3).

Comment: “We walk around with voices and shadowy figures in our heads” is suggestive of a normal, creative form of multiple personality.

1. Brandilyn Collins. Getting Into Character Edition 2: Seven Secrets A Novelist Can Learn From Actors. Coeur d’Alene, ID, Challow Press, 2015.