Wasting time

[ksmith]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, this guy comes as close to looking like Lucien as any other actor/model I've seen. Not perfect--only certain poses work for me. But we could force ourselves to cope.

Yes, I do sometimes spend altogether too much time casting my characters.

Comments

Casting Couch

[jodi-davis.livejournal.com]

Me too... it's kind of a sickness. Some characters I never have to cast - but some I can't write till I can look at their face.

Re: Casting Couch

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And some scenes play as though I'm in them, while others take place before me, as though I'm in the audience.

In some ways, writing is very visual.

Re: Casting Couch

[jodi-davis.livejournal.com]

I think for the best writers anyway ;)

Re: Casting Couch

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

And if it provides an excuse to Google male models (euphemisms, euphemisms), so much the better...

Re: Casting Couch

[jodi-davis.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yes.

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I'd imagined him with darker hair but pretty much exactly that nose.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

heh--you're not the only one who imagines Lucien with darker hair. One friend insists he's a brunet just because she prefers brunets. I made him a towhead because I think it's a pretty attention-getting color for an adult, but if I had to do it over, I might redo him to dark blond. Something not quite as noticeable.

It's a lesson--even though you think you've decribed a character beyond any doubt, a reader will insert their own preferences/ideas/impressions.

[jodi-davis.livejournal.com]

I love when readers do that - and hate it.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's so rewarding when you sense that they've taken what you;ve given and run with it, that a character has come alive for them.

But, well, *blond*. It's important.

But then in a way, it's only important to you.

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

Definitely. I know I'm not the only reader who derives their physical impression of a character more from their personality and actions than their actual physical description.

[jacardie.livejournal.com]

Ooo, yummy! FWIW, I do the same thing. Some characters I've had little luck casting, though, which annoys me to no end. And then sometimes I'll see a model/actor and think, "Hey! It's So-and-So!" even though I hadn't been looking for him/her. :)