One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.
I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.
You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.
Creating a character is about what they look like. The look speaks volume to the audience.
Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype.
People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.
Judgments and secrets are what make a good novel.
When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.
When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.
We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.