musings on multiple personalities
Apr. 25th, 2004 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crimson_angelFor those of you who don't know, my 2-Year Novel project at FM is about a girl who has dissociative identity disorder, aka multiple personalities. In the book, she creates an alternate personality after a car accident that kills her twin sister.
I was doing some research this morning and realized how intense this subject really is. I can't imagine going through my life switching from one personality to another, and not remembering anything I did. Supposedly, severe trauma is what causes it, usually in childhood. It just seems horrifying to me.
I've been grappling with how to present the story. I've started on some scenes (pre-writing) and have been working on the details. And I've decided to tell it in a few different POV's:
Amber, the surviving twin - first person
Amber as Laura (alternate) - third person
Rick (Laura's husband) - third person
I think this will be the best way to get inside her head, and to show the switches, but not in your face. I want some mystery as to what is happening. And some tension...so the reader will constantly be wondering what is happening to her.
It's going to be an interesting book to write, that's for sure. And I've never read anything about someone with DID, so I'd like to do that sometime, just to see how it's been handled.
So those are my thoughts. I'm pretty geeked about this project. I love disturbing psychological stuff, so this is right up my alley. :)
CA
I was doing some research this morning and realized how intense this subject really is. I can't imagine going through my life switching from one personality to another, and not remembering anything I did. Supposedly, severe trauma is what causes it, usually in childhood. It just seems horrifying to me.
I've been grappling with how to present the story. I've started on some scenes (pre-writing) and have been working on the details. And I've decided to tell it in a few different POV's:
Amber, the surviving twin - first person
Amber as Laura (alternate) - third person
Rick (Laura's husband) - third person
I think this will be the best way to get inside her head, and to show the switches, but not in your face. I want some mystery as to what is happening. And some tension...so the reader will constantly be wondering what is happening to her.
It's going to be an interesting book to write, that's for sure. And I've never read anything about someone with DID, so I'd like to do that sometime, just to see how it's been handled.
So those are my thoughts. I'm pretty geeked about this project. I love disturbing psychological stuff, so this is right up my alley. :)
CA
