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Going places with characters, the psychology of people
This short story I’ve been working on has been quite enjoyable. I’m pretty proud of it. And it certainly took me through some interesting territory in terms of understanding people. So much in writing (and acting) is understanding the psychology of people. Even people you would generally not like or find repulsive. But to write them well and realistically, you have to spend some time trying to understand and explain their behaviors. Especially if they aren’t villains.
I should probably add that when I say “understanding the psychology of people” doesn’t necessarily equate to empathy or sympathy.
It just means I can connect the dots as to why they do what they do or why they tick the way they tick. It doesn’t necessarily mean I can relate or that I may change my view with regards to their behavior — I just understand it on a psychological level. Which I believe is super important in writing believable characters.
Side note: This isn’t about “The Bride of Usher” which I am currently writing and publishing to the newsletter, but another short story I’m also currently writing called “Blood Frequency.”
My darn iPhone alarm hates me
My iPhone does this thing where it’ll sometimes randomly turn down my alarm volume. Which means I end up sleeping through my alarm. It’s been doing this a lot the past week or so. Did it again this morning and screwed up my whole morning. So annoyed right now. Did a search and it’s apparently a glitch that comes around a lot on iPhones. Been an issue for years.
So now I’m setting my Echo Dot alarms again for backup. Jeez.
If you have an iPhone, has this ever happened to you?
Sup.
I need to get better about writing to the Ask Nat microblog. Especially, as social media seems hellbent on ruining themselves by catapulting content moderation, being insufferable, and caving to right-wing extremism.
I really do think this is a good time for folks to go back to blogging, even if it’s owning their own microblogs.
On that note, would it be fun to just have a collaborative blogging space for likeminded folks? Basically a tiny microblogging platform, because the only posters would all know and trust one another. It could even be private. Just thinking out loud.
As always, you can hit me up with anonymous questions in the Ask Nat form to keep me busy.
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