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me, edging gradually closer to my obsessive brain: hey there...buddy.. brain: gnarrsnarflchompchompgrrr me: yeah, looks like youre really enjoyin that intrusive thought brain: hhhhhhhrrnnngggghhh me, gingerly extending a hand: i got uh, i got another treat for ya...got a nice fresh art project.. brain, snapping it from my grasp: chyompgnharrwarchewchompchomp. me, backing away slowly: yeah thats right...just keep chewing, ydumb son of a gun.. hi maggie! have you ever had problems with characters who are too much like yourself? if so, what have you done to write from > our default setting as creators is actually “self.” this is > because everyone in the world has to go through the process of > understanding how much of their experience of reality is universal. > does everyone feel pain when they’re burned? does everyone have > two parents? does everyone live in a house? does everyone say > y’all? etc. etc.  > that means that without effort, without study, without empathy, our > characters will be us. even if they look wildly different, like > ninety year old retired bankers or twenty year old hippies or one > thousand year old tree people, their motivations and dialog will be > some good exercises to be sure that you’re not writing you: >  > • ask yourself, what would i do in the situation i just placed > this character in? if the answer is always the same as what the > character is doing, you’re writing yourself (or at least how you > see yourself). > • write down other people’s vocal tics (for instance, i know > someone who says ‘whatnot’ a lot and just interviewed someone > • read your dialog out loud, without dialog tags. can you or your > critique partners tell the difference between characters? > • swap your characters out in scenes. do they behave the same way > when facing the same circu*stances?