Comments on: 3 Simple Tricks to Create a Character OH SO Different From YOU

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:00:21 +0000

In reply to Benison O'Reilly (@BenisonOReilly). We are not here to be PC. If we danced around everything that might offend others we would never write anything. There is such thing as context and this is not a mental health site.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:16:36 +0000

In reply to Julie Holmes, author. Yesss, recycle everybody you know in five different stories, I'm all for it. :)

By: Rachel Thompson

Rachel Thompson — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:29:23 +0000

I don’t know about schizophrenia, I’m bi-polar. I hate bi-polar, it’s awesome.

By: Julie Holmes, author

Julie Holmes, author — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:17:59 +0000

Excellent post! I find I leave bits and pieces of myself in my main characters. Supporting characters, not so much. Still, true about using people you know to help build characters. What better way to exact revenge on someone who pissed you off last week 😉

By: Benison O'Reilly (@BenisonOReilly)

Benison O'Reilly (@BenisonOReilly) — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:45:53 +0000

There is some great writing advice here but I’m a health professional as well as a writer & have to have to say that schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple personalities. It’s a devastating, mental illness where people suffer hallucinations and delusions, and sufferers frequently suicide. It is really not something to joke about. The cat image would be quite offensive to families affected by mental illness. I’d suggest you’d be wise to remove it.

By: nathaliemlromer

nathaliemlromer — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:52:04 +0000

I constantly look at people I know or know of for my “character mashups” (that’s what I call them… really!!!). And reading this article just made me realise that I already do all three points and having fun with mixing up personalities to get unique characters for my books.

There is one character in each of my books that is entirely based on me and I am doing a “Stan Lee” there in essence (i.e. my personality makes a cameo appearance in each book I write). 😀

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By: kimwrtr

kimwrtr — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:48:32 +0000

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By: Shiloh Saddler

Shiloh Saddler — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:28:26 +0000

The method acting technique is really fun and works. If you’re a bit too shy to actually act it out try having an interview and writing out questions and answers as your character. I think authors always leave a bit of themselves in all their characters even if they do not realize it.

By: PHS

PHS — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:11:29 +0000

Reblogged this on Archer's Aim and commented: These are three excellent tips for developing characters. It's also a great discussion about how to think about characters - and how tough that can be...