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<blockquote data-quote="navriin" data-source="post: 1066874" data-attributes="member: 1045">I think biggest help would would be to not think of the character as being related to you at all-a seperate entity.Think of the character as a star on a TV show or a movie, and develop her personality, focusing on a few things that she will *always* do as well as giving her a few faults she can never work around.&nbsp; Perhaps she has the habit of biting her nails, or uses a certain catch phrase a lot.&nbsp; Perhaps the character is afraid of failure, and so she only does things she feels she can easily succeed at.&nbsp; Too trusting?&nbsp; Has undue sympathy for a certain type of person, etc etc.&nbsp; The important thing is to make her quirks very pronounced and perhaps a little exaggerated so they stand out in your head better.&nbsp; The heroes in fiction are always grand, succeeding and failing on an epic scale, and so too should be your character.Now when you are faced with decisions that the character must make, think of what the character would do in her show, regardless of whether you like the idea or not.&nbsp; This is sorta similar the the horror movie cliche of the person checking out the dark room instead of just running when they hear the sinister noise.&nbsp; You know that they are going to die when they go down the stairs, but the character always does it anyways.However, I think it is important that the character does at least share one minor personality trait with you.&nbsp; A character who is totatally unlike you is novel at first, but the totally alien mode of thinking may wear your enjoyment thin.&nbsp; Different people have different taste, however.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="navriin, post: 1066874, member: 1045"] I think biggest help would would be to not think of the character as being related to you at all-a seperate entity. Think of the character as a star on a TV show or a movie, and develop her personality, focusing on a few things that she will *always* do as well as giving her a few faults she can never work around. Perhaps she has the habit of biting her nails, or uses a certain catch phrase a lot. Perhaps the character is afraid of failure, and so she only does things she feels she can easily succeed at. Too trusting? Has undue sympathy for a certain type of person, etc etc. The important thing is to make her quirks very pronounced and perhaps a little exaggerated so they stand out in your head better. The heroes in fiction are always grand, succeeding and failing on an epic scale, and so too should be your character. Now when you are faced with decisions that the character must make, think of what the character would do in her show, regardless of whether you like the idea or not. This is sorta similar the the horror movie cliche of the person checking out the dark room instead of just running when they hear the sinister noise. You know that they are going to die when they go down the stairs, but the character always does it anyways. However, I think it is important that the character does at least share one minor personality trait with you. A character who is totatally unlike you is novel at first, but the totally alien mode of thinking may wear your enjoyment thin. Different people have different taste, however. [/QUOTE]

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