My mom devours murder mysteries, action-oriented thrillers, and CSI-type books, and the other day she was talking about how she thought you probably had to be a little bit messed up to write them. At first I wasn't entirely sure what she meant, but when she explained it further I realized what she was getting at: in order to write about a convincingly disturbed or evil villain, you have to be a little disturbed yourself, or at least be in contact with that part of your personality.
I'm not entirely sure I agree, but I think that to a point, it's certainly true. It's probably a little like acting - you have to have something to draw on, whether it's a side of you that you endorse... or not.
Any thoughts?
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