Fun fact of my book PT ¹:
Me and my characters have litterally NOTHING in common especially the main character, Marlenne.
Why? Simply because my life and my personality is to boring to be written!
Also I find it interesting that I have litterally nothing in common with the main character! I think that making Marlenne the opposite of me is what makes her more real, since I can't fully understand Marlenne it makes me want to write her in more details, it's like taking to a friend that it's your polar opposite: the more you talk to them the more you're curious about them and the more you want to know them more!
Though Marlenne is a character fully written by me, I still do not know her and Do not understand her actions and way of thinking (even though I made her do it) because Marlenne is more than a simple character for me, I feel that she IS alive and real! Making her do what I would do in real life is taking away her personality and making her just a simple 2d character like many others!
I want my characters to be unique, and be someone's favourite book character! And if to do so I need to hate, pity or even question them and their actions to make them feel more human... So be it!