This will be a quick post, and mostly questions that you should answer for yourself, and know the answers. Going through this will help you be the best monster you can be.
1. What kind of monster are you?
2. If you are a dead monster, were you a good person in life? a bad person? an adventuresome person?
3. How many bad days have you had since becoming a monster?
4. Do you, as a monster, enjoy bathing?
5. Would you rather not touch soap and water, preferring to be as far away from godliness as possible?
6. Are you a girl monster? are you a boy monster? are you telling no one these days?
7. How well do you heal from wounds?
8. What happens when things hit you, like sunlight? water? fire? bears?
9. At what point in history did you become a monster?
10. At what point in your life did you become a monster?
11. Do you like being a monster? Would you rather be human?
12. Are you a happy monster?
13. What makes you happy to be a monster?
14. What, as a monster, really grates your cheese?
15. Do you hang out with other monsters like you?
16. If you are a dead monster, how did you die? If you are still alive, how did you turn into a monster?
17. How do you get around? Can you walk? Do you have a limp? Do you crawl? Or do you just run there?
18. Do you like combs, brushes and conditioner? Do you know what they are?
19. Are you mixed with any other kind of animal, making you a hybrid monster?
20. What is your natural habitat? What are you willing do to to protect it?
I'll answer these to give you an example. I've found that knowing these things has helped me figure my costume, make-up, hair, character reactions and acting when I'm out in the field. If you know your inner monster well enough, your performance will be, even though very brief, something that will give people a long lasting impression, and hopefully fuck them up until you see them next year.
Ciao!
