As an author, you have to know everything about your characters; their desires, goals, ambitions, secrets, strengths and weaknesses. You have to know their history. What happened to them before they showed up on page 1?
Did someone else dress you this morning? The answer is probably “No”. Therefore, you chose to wear what you are wearing, from your underwear to your outerwear to your jewelry, or lack there of. Think about that for a moment.
Now think about this …
As an author, I’m interested in people. After all, what better source for characteristics and behaviors for my fictional characters than the real life characters I’m surrounded by every day? Whether I’m picking and choosing or elaborating and embellishing, having fictional people do real people things makes those two-dimensional beings resonate with three-dimensional feelings.
