Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.
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I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me.
How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
Creating a character is about what they look like. The look speaks volume to the audience.
I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.
To create a character who really interests you, try combining aspects of your favourite fictional character with a real person.
You have to start from a place of trying to create a character.
I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means that I'm drawing from my experiences and observations.
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