life imitates art

[handworn]

“LOSING YOURSELF” IN A FICTIONAL CHARACTER CAN AFFECT YOUR REAL LIFE.

Well, duh.

Comments

[sturgeonslawyer]

Interesting. I don't often lose myself in fictional characters, but I do find myself trapped in the style of whomever I'm reading at the moment. Right now, for instance, it takes an effort not to write like C.S. Lewis.

[handworn]

I've noticed the same effect, myself. Not that I write fiction, but if I've just discovered a new author and have been going through their books in sequence, I find their pet turns of phrase and tropes pop up in my mind and conversations, at least until I stop reading them. Part of the mental "composting" that goes on, I suppose.

You've been reading Narnia, or something else?

[sturgeonslawyer]

Actually, I have been reading "Studies in Words," one of his last books and part of his professional work.

[baltimoreandme]

I've noticed it too. The effect has its plusses and its minuses.