Well for second world I can entirely use my imagination, but being careful that it is all imagination and not upwellings of stereotypes from movies or charity organisations or the news. Making the characters true to themselves. Or else do that plus trying to find their stories and whatever details can help me make good fictional characters that have some real-world truth to them as well.
Anyhow, pretty much every character I write is the other because I make a poor fictional person (and I don't write because I want to write books with character like me in them). So I do what seems like enough, try to avoid being unfair, and cross my fingers for luck.
[And if you do create interesting individuals you'll not escape people saying things like 'a man wouldn't notice what the flowers were' or 'a girl would be reluctant to get her hands dirty' :)]
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Well for second world I can entirely use my imagination, but being careful that it is all imagination and not upwellings of stereotypes from movies or charity organisations or the news. Making the characters true to themselves. Or else do that plus trying to find their stories and whatever details can help me make good fictional characters that have some real-world truth to them as well.
Anyhow, pretty much every character I write is the other because I make a poor fictional person (and I don't write because I want to write books with character like me in them). So I do what seems like enough, try to avoid being unfair, and cross my fingers for luck.
[And if you do create interesting individuals you'll not escape people saying things like 'a man wouldn't notice what the flowers were' or 'a girl would be reluctant to get her hands dirty' :)]