Comments on: Creating Credible Characters—Where Do Characters Come From? http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:04:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jess @ Blog Schmog http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-15436 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:46:24 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-15436 Your “character database” reminds me of Indian in the Cupboard! LOL

In one of my wips I was sorely disappointed to find out that, despite my efforts, the hero does not want to be a rugged mountain man. In fact, frankly, he’d rather sit at the computer. NO!!! I wanted to give him a gun. Haha!

]]> By: Make POV Work for You: POV Begins with Character « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-12047 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:05:28 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-12047 [...] in the Creating Credible Characters series: Creating Credible Characters—Introduction Creating Credible Characters—Where Do Characters Come From? Creating Credible Characters–Who Are You? Creating Credible Characters–Culture Clash Creating [...]

]]> By: Creating Credible Characters Refresher « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-11596 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:04:46 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-11596 [...] Creating Credible Characters—Where Do Characters Come From? “…Answering the question, ‘Where do characters come from?’ is very much like answering the baby question. There’s the stork-like answer we give to non-writing friends and then there’s the full disclosure we discuss amongst fellow writers. There are no storks here (well, maybe just one). …” [...]

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]]> By: Mary http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-2010 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:21:30 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-2010 This is a great series, Kaye.

My very first hero was based on a gallant policeman who was on scene at an accident I was in when about 6 months pregnant with my last child. He was so calm and courteous, helped with my kids…not at all handsome or anything like my book character, but it triggered something in me that I hope I got across in my book in a similar scene. He brewed in my mind for months before I had to write the book!

]]> By: Rachel http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1904 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:32:10 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1904 Mine tend to get brought by the stork. They just appear as 90% complete characters. There’s only one that I can think of that’s based on a real person.

]]> By: PatriciaW http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1775 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:28:59 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1775 Mine are composites too, of people I know or I’ve seen and wondered about. Almost all of my heroines have some part of me in them, however small. And I have to fight not to make my heros all take on my husband’s physical characteristics (truly tall, dark, and handsome).

]]> By: kndacus http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1766 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:38:24 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1766 CeeCee–
I, too, have vivid dreams—and because of my sleep-cycle (being a night person), it’s usually right as I’m waking up in the morning, so I tend to remember them. I have so many documents in my “Ideas” folder on my computer of characters or situations that I dreamed about.

]]> By: Sally Bradley http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1762 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:09:44 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1762 My characters are NOT people I’ve met or known. I guess the stork brings them–my main characters always appear (poof! and there they are), and as I flesh out the plot, I have to come up with a character or two.

The only character I’ve ever created who is at all like a real person is the hero in the book I’m writing now. He’s a composite of a couple sports figures, but even that was because I knew the gist of what my hero was struggling with, and these two guys combined made a good foundation for him and his motivations

I know that there are bits and pieces of me in my heroines, especially my first one since I just wrote what I know, but the woman in the book I’m working on now is totally opposite of me. Six footer, drop-dead gorgeous blonde, very assertive. It’s fun to get into a different personality!

]]> By: GeorgianaD http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1755 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:44:26 +0000 http://kayedacus.com/2007/06/14/creating-credible-characters%e2%80%94where-do-characters-come-from/#comment-1755 You know, I never really thought about where my characters come from. I suppose they are a composite of people I know, or famous actors, but most of the time I don’t realize until well into the book that such-and-such a character reminds me of so-and-so. I think it’s subliminal for me. My family and friends tease me that they’re going to sue me when they see themselves in my books. I really don’t think they’re in there! However, my dad says that the weirdo sense of humor in my chick lits are directly from him, and he’s probably right.

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