I think the idea of creating a character from scratch, one that has not been done in a novel or an existing story, is immensely exciting, terrifying and ultimately rewarding.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.
I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.
You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters.
Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.
Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
Finding the discipline, the motivation, the focus, the passion to sit down in front of a blank piece of paper or a blank computer screen every day and then to make it come alive with characters and with plot is incredibly exciting and at the same time terrifying and frustrating, and sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it comes really hard.
Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.
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