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A very long time ago when I did my commentary on Becky's Change, we had a little conversation about where we were viewing the scene from. In that case we discovered that even though the story was from Jack's POV, we were both viewing it from over the Doctor's shoulder. Probably because he was the one actively doing things, though I later realised that in my case it might be simply that (in my visualisation of the scene anyway) Jack had turned round since he entered the room and I'm not good at turning a scene round in my head. Something to do with viewing it like theatre, I expect.
Anyway, my point is that ever since then, I've noticed that I tend to view what I'm writing over the shoulder of the POV person, and able to sort of lean round and look at their face to see what their expression is.
But when I'm role-playing, I'm a lot more inside the character. Which is actually quite weird because I have to make more of an effort to remember to describe what they look like too, but that's sort of a little jump to the opposite direction, like a snapshot, not leaning round but just snapping to head-on view and snapping right back again to inside them. I'm seeing very much through their eyes, sort of like a ghost overlapping with their body, so I see their hands, legs etc. from their own POV.
Anyway. Just thought it was interesting. :-)
Anyway, my point is that ever since then, I've noticed that I tend to view what I'm writing over the shoulder of the POV person, and able to sort of lean round and look at their face to see what their expression is.
But when I'm role-playing, I'm a lot more inside the character. Which is actually quite weird because I have to make more of an effort to remember to describe what they look like too, but that's sort of a little jump to the opposite direction, like a snapshot, not leaning round but just snapping to head-on view and snapping right back again to inside them. I'm seeing very much through their eyes, sort of like a ghost overlapping with their body, so I see their hands, legs etc. from their own POV.
Anyway. Just thought it was interesting. :-)
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RP is exactly why the POV in my fic is as tight as it is. I have to PRY myself out of my POV character's head enough to describe them at all, and even then it's only quasi-successful. I've finally gotten back to the point that I can loosen up my POV as I write, but it actually took awhile.
But hot damn, I know my characters *G*
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The POV thing is weird, because till I started writing fanfic I'd never gone for a particularly tight POV. But the more I write, the tighter it's got. (Though of course, writing the Master 1st person is necessarily going to be tight.) So yeah, it's really hard to pull out a bit for RP.
But hot damn, I know my characters *G*
You really do. :-)
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When I'm writing fic I actually see things as if I was watching it being filmed, from varying angles and I have real trouble focusing on 1 POV (my fics can tend to jump around a little because of this). My writing process is incredibly visual; until I can *see* something I'm unable to write it and even when I can see it I can't always find the words to describe it.
I am so stuck atm the moment trying to write Methos/Jack/Ianto as they are all clamouring to have the thing written from their POV. I get 1 scene fixed in my head from Ianto's POV for instance, and then I get interrupted by one of the others wanting it from theirs! Consequently nothing has been written but I'm getting some interesting visuals...
Right now I'm obsessing about wrists and scars.
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Yeah, I can see how that could make things really complicated. I tend to have quite a lot of "so who's POV will this be from?" when I'm starting out on a fic - but it usually comes down to whoever dictates their thoughts into my head first. *g* And once I've started, it's just that character that speaks to me. So far, anyway. :-)
I am visual, but with me it's much more about placing and positioning than colours and details. It really bothers me if I can't work out where people (or bits of people) are in other people's fics.
Right now I'm obsessing about wrists and scars.
Sounds intriguing... :-)
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Oh, and LOVE the icon! *g*
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The icon is awesome, isn't it? :D 's from
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The icon is BRILLIANT.
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Yeah *beams* I love that icon :D *uses it loads*