Writing vs. acting

[sure_i_am]

I have time for a short update; yay for me! However, I'm only going to talk about a random thought I've had for awhile now that's been bugging me

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[evillittletwit]

Well, there's acting, and then there's acting. I'm sure you've already realized this, but she doesn't really know what she's doing a lot of the time -- this doesn't make her any less of a teacher, it just means that she's an actor. Actors never know what the hell they're doing until they do it. That's the whole point.

[sure_i_am]

But Bennet... I honestly could strangle her and smile with glee while doing it.

[evillittletwit]

Well I could have warned you that would happen. But I didn't know! You could've turned out to be the type of person who got on very well with her, like about half a dozen people in the school. Sometimes you just got to test things out first.

Anyway, the class is a great one, and we'll have EXCELLENT fun in the coming year, I promise, so it's not all to waste. And you don't have to take it next year, after all.

[sure_i_am]

Oh, don't misunderstand: I love the CLASS, and will be taking it again next year. It's just Bennet that makes me writhe in agony.

[7veilsphaedra]

I didn't know you studied acting. I like finding out things like this.

Who cares if you really had to go the bathroom as long as you looked soulful in the right place! I guess as far as the facial grimacing goes---which I presume is only for stage, since a film director would use something besides the camera to shoot you if you tried that---you will probably have to permanently tote around a mirror now and practice.

Here's my soulful eyed emoticon: @@

[sure_i_am]

Haha, I suppose the bottom line is what matters. However, next time you read a book, think about people acting out those scenes - including thought sequences. I promise, you'll be amused.

Emoticon of immense amusement: xD

[7veilsphaedra]

Since I run the dramatic gamut of wood to ham without any nuanced in between, I already have tremendous appreciation for anyone who attempts to act.

[mogguy]

Acting is one of those things you have to be almost totally devoted to be able to get it. Study it and practice it is the best way to understand it and be able to do it.

Can you tell I'm a theater major?

[sure_i_am]

I would die as a theatre major, I think. It's like there's this blank wall between myself and my character. -_-

[nyucknyuck]

people's eyes very rarely construct sentences on their own.

Mine do, all the time. I can basically write books with my eyes.

My instructor, doesn't seem to understand my dilemma, however.

Just curious but ... wtf@first comma. :P

Either way, I end up looking as though either my contact lens has traveled to uncomfortable regions or I'm about to burst into tears. Not so alluring.

= the reason I love reading your entries. =)

[sure_i_am]

Oh! I actually know what the comma is doing there! I had the sentence as My instructor, however, doesn't seem to understand my dilemma. For whatever reason, I changed it and missed that comma. xD Oops.

And seriously, the face I make is probably worse than that. I've seen it in a mirror. -_- But thank you much!

[sure_i_am]

Huh. Seems I screw up HTML, too. Oh well.