tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post7380939740501986543..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: Day 6 - Casting the CharactersThe Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-29229751459814319922014-07-15T23:13:21.833-04:002014-07-15T23:13:21.833-04:00Maybe for me it's easier because of having a f...Maybe for me it's easier because of having a film background. You sort of train yourself to think about casting that way. How long ago doesn't matter as much as presence does.<br /><br />Same with genre, actually. Movie people don't think in terms of genre. Sure, it's there, but they think more in terms of archetypes. That's why they use the "meets" shorthand sometimes for description. ("It's Die Hard meets Driving Miss Daisy!")The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-87164850872867730602014-07-15T13:02:15.487-04:002014-07-15T13:02:15.487-04:00You do something with your casting that I've n...You do something with your casting that I've never been able to—mix people from different decades. So far I've got some kind of mental block that won't let me see people from '40s movies and '60s TV shows interacting with each other even in my imagination. :)<br /><br />The end of your post sounds familiar, though. I often start by 'casting' a character, but by the end of a story, after I've spent time with them, I find they've changed in my mind so that they really don't look or sound so much like the original person anymore. Character casting is more like a springboard to something else than copying from a model.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.com