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@ajaj2000 No worries! 😀 You know, I guess each of my characters have bits and pieces of me in them. Some have bits and pieces of my dreams, my fears, my hopes, my insecurities. They have skills I wish I had, skills I do have, traits both physical and emotional that I have and don’t have. They’re kind of a hodgepodge, but they all have little strains of me in them somehow.

I don’t shy away from the emotional wringer, either. I’m not afraid to put my characters through a storm. Although, I think that’s a rather new characteristic (hehe, pun intended) of mine. As I’ve grown older, faced my own slew of storms, and grown with another writer–one of my closest friends–I’ve noticed a better awareness and willingness to introduce more difficulties to my characters.

Well…now I’m not sure how well I answered your question XD I don’t do a lot with the events in my life. I’ve written two creative nonfiction pieces that were inspired and heavily influenced by very specific instances in my life, but other than that, most of my work is not based on real life events. My emotions, however, whether for better or for worse, guide quite a bit of my writing.

The link looks like a lot of information! I’m bookmarking it so I can go through it more thoroughly, but from what I have seen and read so far, it looks like a great resource!