There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you change a character too much, the audience falls out of love with the character, but characters need to evolve and grow over the years.
I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.
My characters tend to be more dynamic because they're reaching that point in their lives where their old way of being is breaking down. They're conflicted by the idea that they don't know what's next. You could call it Kierkegaard's leap of faith, when you get tired of sort of reinventing yourself on a very superficial level.
You and the character just become the same person in a way. There isn't really a character; it's just you creating this illusion.
I feel like I need to continuously keep evolving and moving.
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.
You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.
You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.
I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.
It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.