What Makes a Character?
Actions. Not thoughts, not personality profiles, or likes and dislikes–actions. Just like real people, actions make the character.
I am learning, as I write The Spider Witch, that the actions of my beloved main character are tied to my own actions. I imagine my main character to be feisty, courageous, adventurous, strong, and witty–but I am none of those. How do I create a character I do not understand? How do I think like her, so that she may act in a way I would never act?
Maybe acting classes would help here.
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Uni:
I am the same way. I think a true writer( I hope I am someday) will see something or experience a joyful or sad experience and develop it.
I have just finished a novel, I hope to pitch soon, that is 1% experience and 99% imagination. I like your honest easy style of writing
Jaye