That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like to think I put some of myself in every character.
I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.
All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
I always try to make each character my own.
You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.
Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.
A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.