Hybrid Defect
I daydream how the character acts and what they are up to. Before I go to bed, I do the same thing and imagine myself either as that character or as somebody interacting with that character. I try and hold that in my memory when I am actually writing and mold how they talk and act around how I have developed them in my head.
During daily events, I wonder how a character would react to something or what their opinion on something would be.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who daydreamed with my characters.
smile I imagine them as real people, they always have a lot more backstory than ever gets into the plot. For me they have to be real otherwise I can't write them. They have to have a proper voice, otherwise they feel false somehow.
Its a lot like when I write fanfic, if I can't hear the actor's/character's voice saying the words then I know I haven't captured the character correctly.
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