You just play what a writer writes, in terms of what a character chooses to do and how a character chooses to deal with their various relationships.
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An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf.
Writing is a mysterious process, and many ideas come from deep within the imagination, so it's very hard to say how characters come about. Mostly, they just happen.
I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or telling them.
Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.
You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.
You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.
The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others.
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