Writing a
journal is not something new to me. As a part of my 3 year diploma we had to
write personal journals every day. When doing it one of the problems I had was
making it personal, I could easily report everything I learned for the day but
I never put in my own opinions. As I got further into the three years I made a
big effort to include more of 'myself' in my entries.
Mostly I
used description but as I improved I added more and more reflection. It helped
me to work out why I struggled with something in dance or how I came to
conclusions about my character in drama.
I also used
the technique of writing from another person’s point of view but in this case
the view of a character I was playing. I now see that if I carry these ideas
over into writing my journal for BAAP I can use it professionally. If I get a
role in anything I will write my journal from my character’s point of view and
see how it differs from mine. I know it will be a useful characterisation tool.
Hi Olivia
ReplyDeleteLook forward to see how you get on with trying these styles out in your journal. like yourself at College we had to write everyday.
You reminded me that i have also written from another persons view before, it had completely slipped my mind that writing from a characters point of view is just this and i have done this many times! So thank you for that :)
Look forward to your next post.
Heather X