This is the first Wednesday of October and time for my post for the IWSG or Insecure Writers Support Group.
October 4 question – Have you ever slipped any of your personal information into your characters, either by accident or on purpose?
My characters are completely imaginary but I like to be able to figure out what makes them tick. So when I am writing about them I will explore what is going on with them (at least in my head). I like to add background, a past, or what they are thinking. I really love it when other authors do this with their characters because I find it makes their books so interesting and gives them more depth. I do not include personal information into my characters but I do not discount doing this if it would add to the story.
The Insecure Writer
Notes Tied On The Sagebrush 
Sounds like an interesting approach, but I’d have a hard time keeping it straight. I’m amazed by people who can write fiction and not slip themselves into the characters.
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It is not hard at all for me. It is like someone writing a character like Superman or Wonder Woman, the author does not consider themselves to be really Superman right? You can imagine what your character is like.
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I never thought of it like that. I guess you’re right.
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Well it is not about being right. It is just the way I see my writing. I am thinking it may apply in writing in a female voice or male voice because I think men have trouble writing women characters and I might have trouble writing male characters because I experience and see the world as a woman.
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We often inject a little of ourselves in our characters. Or at least a little of those we’ve met along our journey. As you said, makes them more believable.
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We could be injecting subconsciously but what I meant by that is by building a backstory or showing the development of the character we make them more interesting and real. But I have not used real experiences from my own life or any dialog from my own life that I am aware of.
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Small pieces of ourselves sneak into our fiction whether we like it or not. The better the writer, the more of himself is exposed to the readers.
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I would say that my values can come into my stories. But you never know, I may write something someday that is really not reflecting my values. The piece of myself that goes into my stories is my creativity.
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Nice picture!
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Thank you. 🙂
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