I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.
When you are dealing with something that's crazy, you still want actors to play characters and find the reality of the situation, no matter how absurd the situation is.
We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.
I've been called crazy many times before.
I've found I can plunge the characters into whatever absurd, awful situation, and readers will follow as long as the writer makes them seem like 'real people.'
Sometimes it's the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.
The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.
Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.