Greetings again,
The title of this chapter can be taken as two ways;
1. How to plot a character connection between characters of a story.
2. How to connect yourself with your characters.
But here, we are talking about the second.
Now I know, when (even the sliver of) a story pops up in your head, there's already a connection you have with your characters but I shall still discuss on how to connect yourself with your characters here.
So for the first, try giving your characters something of your own, be it traits, habits, conscience, maybe even education— you get my point, right?
But remember to keep something disassociating in your characters too which separates you from them.
I'll give an example of myself; Mix from 21 Last Wishes and me (the author of the fan fiction) and even New from Beloved Dear, Look At Me For Once have one thing in common,
We all have faced a one sided love.
The only difference, here disassociating identity, is, I moved on but Mix and New didn't.
More like couldn't but that's a condition I created there.
And the other way is, genre actually.
I love angst, sometimes I connect with characters who just have gone through so much *side eyes a character with green eyes and black locks with gold outlines on his clothes from her past*
Maybe I develop a sympathy for them, IDK, I need to find that out but the thing here is my favorite genre allows me to connect with my characters more, it allows me to get into that headspace and feel like them, think like them.
Hence one of the most gut wrenching scenarios I have made in my head but I cannot write them down since I haven't been able to plot them in at least a one shot.
I might start a prompts book, I know not, but the main thing here is these two points which allow me to connect with my characters,
But REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE SOME DISASSOCIATING IDENTITY PRESENT ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO LOVES ANGST LIKE ME,
Because man the lines can go blurry real quick you might not even notice and slip into a space where it might become hard to pull yourself out from unless you have a strong disassociating identity present between the said character and you,
Mental health matters, take care of yourself.
Thank you.
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