It is a wonderful thing in the process of writing when such paper characters are first sketched, and, when one is doing good work, from a certain point in time they come alive and start contradicting the author as well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other hand too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.
I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.
Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well.
Every character a writer creates has some of themselves in it somewhere.
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters.
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.