Attn JMS: characters in control

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Subject: Attn JMS: characters in control
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s  1: Jan  5, 1997: David Frankel <frankel at ccisd3.ccf.org>
*  2: Jan  5, 1997: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: David Frankel <frankel at ccisd3.ccf.org>
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You've often talked about how the characters "talk" to you, perhaps 
goading you in different directions than you had planned.  You commented 
how Vir has surprised you the most.

Has a character (not actor) ever suggested a direction to you that you 
didn't take, but later on seemed like the direction you should have 
taken? I would think they would all be fighting for screen-time, or is 
that just some actors? ;)

That sounded weird, now that I've read it again:  schizophrenic regret; 
but as Stephen King once said "writers are paid to listen to those 
voices".

David "doesn't hear voices, shut-up, honest he doesn't" Frankel




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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"Has a character (not actor) ever suggested a direction to you that you
didn't take, but later on seemed like the direction you should have taken?
I would think they would all be fighting for screen-time, or is that just
some actors?"

Not really, mainly because if my subconscious mind is sufficiently up in
arms about something as to throw a fictional character at me and yell at
me, it's usually a sign that I should Shut The Hell Up And Do As I'm Told.
 So when it happens, I *very* rarely ignore it.  


 jms




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