Have you lost your job, or half your clients? Do you have too much time and too little money? Are you despondent and wasting time? It’s time to accept the disasters we’ve had thrown at us and turn them into fresh opportunities.
It’s not just actors who have to get into character, writers also need to do this. It’s impossible to write believable, realistic characters if you don’t inhabit their bodies, experience their emotions, feel how they move and know how they speak.
I’ve got a black-belt in people watching, been doing it all my life, peering into the lives of others, seeing how they live, dress, speak and act. And when given a chance, talking to the target, probing to get a feel for how their mind works.