Comments on: Creating Fictional Characters—Part 2: Finding and Creating Characters

By: Lillie

Lillie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:22:13 +0000

celine,

Keep me posted on how your writing goes. Good luck!

By: celine@harley davidson handlebars

celine@harley davidson handlebars — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:39:46 +0000

thanks for your advice Lillie …I guess I have the idea on my mind..
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By: Lillie

Lillie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:55:17 +0000

celine,

You can loosely base your character on someone you know, even yourself, but don’t try to make the character exactly like the real person. You don’t want to offend someone who might recognize themself, and you don’t want to be limited to make the character act or talk in a certain way. If you find it difficult to come up with totally original characters, base them on a composite of real people: language like one person, facial appearance like someone else, an odd habit of a different person, etc.

By: celine@harley davidson handlebars

celine@harley davidson handlebars — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:37:32 +0000

I am starting to write now Lillie.I’ve just read that it is not a good idea to base the character in real person, I was just about to make the character resemble mine.. I guess it would be easy for me to write with that, but I think I have to change my idea and try to make a character which is distinct from anybody else..
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By: Lillie

Lillie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:07:35 +0000

indie,

Yes, it’s important for characters to develop over time or the story is boring.