"Don’t use the word ‘feign’ if you don’t know what it means."
xanderbennett at Screenwriting Tips... You Hack
I got the tip about this blog at Go into the story. Great tips, although quite rudely stated.
I have never used the word “feign”. And I’m happy to say that I haven’t because I wasn't sure about what it meant.
It is time I enrich my vocabulary with this word, so I can start using it, knowing what it means. It is obviously a well used word among screenwriters, don’t you agree?
Feign means to imagine, to pretend, to give mental existence to something, to counterfeit.
It is based on the Old French word “feindre” that in turn comes from Latin “fingere”, to form, shape, invent.
Sources:
Wiktionary
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