Years ago when I was a teen who read everything she could about the authors she liked, I came across an interview with one of these authors discussing the characters in his fantasy series. I don’t recall much about the interview, but I do remember the author saying that the main protagonist was himself. At the time, I didn’t realize how important character creation would become for me, but it has stuck with me nonetheless. When I was still a young writer, I listened to authors give their opinions about making characters. Some create characters from scratch; others base them off of people they know. Very few authors (like the one I mentioned above) said that they base characters off of themselves. Now, I know that there is a lot more to this conversation than what I’ve stated, but this is what my understanding boiled down to when I beganRead More