I am a firm believer that the best and easiest way to make a character flow naturally without spending a long time pondering their actions, is to put a little bit of yourself inside the character you're creating.
Having just a single aspect of yourself be a prominent personality trait in your character gives you a much greater understanding of how your character would act or feel in a variety of situations simply because you as their writer have some way of relating to them. If you write a character whom you have absolutely nothing in common with for an RP then you might find it's much more difficult to write said character effectively.
So the questions I have for you are as follows:
At this very moment I feel personally that I can relate to my Unova character, Ryker Ward. He's a lazy and apathetic sort, but he has a strong sense of family and is willing to go to great lengths for those close to him. Something I aspire to manifest in myself quite regularly.
Having just a single aspect of yourself be a prominent personality trait in your character gives you a much greater understanding of how your character would act or feel in a variety of situations simply because you as their writer have some way of relating to them. If you write a character whom you have absolutely nothing in common with for an RP then you might find it's much more difficult to write said character effectively.
So the questions I have for you are as follows:
- Do you often find your characters can relate to you as their writer and vice-versa?
- Do you see any small part of yourselves in the characters you've written, even if you didn't mean for this to be the case?
- Is there any other RPer on the forum whom you think actually mirrors their character in a surprising way now that you think about it?
- If you do this sort of thing actively and purposefully, then why not share what characters you relate to and how you found writing said character?
At this very moment I feel personally that I can relate to my Unova character, Ryker Ward. He's a lazy and apathetic sort, but he has a strong sense of family and is willing to go to great lengths for those close to him. Something I aspire to manifest in myself quite regularly.