How do I seperate characters from myself?

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I gave two my sense of humour, one my narcissism, and another my stubborn attitude. I gave my characters pieces of myself in order to help me write about them, and make them come alive. Now I feel as if they're too close to me. It feels too autobiographical. I feel as if I'm losing that part of me when I give it to my character. How do I separate the characters from myself, in order to keep myself alive and human?
 
wow. thats pretty cool....well not so cool for you. But my characters like live inside my mind, they talk to me. I feel like i should be locked up everytime they speak. but what i say is take that inspiration of giving up part of yourself and put it in your writing. maybe you can write of a girl with split personalities and each has a name, a look, a specific emotion, a specific personality.

Hope this makes some sense.
 
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