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Posted On: July 30th 2026, 04:11 pm
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done to get in your characters head?!
I’ve spent hours and hours on personal playlists for my MC’s. Until deep into the dark night, I was listening to different styles of music, sometimes far from my own. Trying to figure out their personalities. 😅
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neurosynchron 3 months ago

neurosynchron

Learn French, even contemplating studying in the Sorbonne just to be like him

steinerlaura15 3 months ago

steinerlaura15

hand write in cursive the beginning of a chapter in the first person of the main character.

rollipops_reads 3 months ago

rollipops_reads

I just start acting out the scenes. That’s actually how I tend to get ideas for books at the start, acting out a scene from a book or movie differently and then just adding a whole new world and story around it 😅

tech_savvy_pianist 3 months ago

tech_savvy_pianist

I don’t actually know quite yet. I do lots of daydreaming though.

meganreschke1 3 months ago

meganreschke1

tbh, with my imagination i’m able to put myself into scenarios and imagine myself acting out the whole thing, works well especially when i’m reading

author.s4pprentice 3 months ago

author.s4pprentice

I take a piece of our personality we both share and lean into it hardcore. It makes empathy in the things we don't have in common easier to achieve.

kwarren.writer 3 months ago

kwarren.writer

I keep a different journal for each of my mcs; I imagine one regular day, then journal about that day from the perspective of my 3 different MCS. they all reflect differently, notice different things, react emotionally to the same events.

stellaellaolla.studio 3 months ago

stellaellaolla.studio

Learned to paint in her style so I could describe the process and paintings more accurately

pagesbysteph 3 months ago

pagesbysteph

@aleks.s.author that’s intense! How did you feel about doing that? I mean suffering for your art… 🫶🏻

aleks.s.author 3 months ago

aleks.s.author

Triggered my own agoraphobia to feel hers...

authorkenkirk 3 months ago

authorkenkirk

I have conversations, arguments & even brawls with my characters in the bathroom mirror... I write my best dialogue jabbing my finger at the glass! 👍👍👍👍 😀😀😀😀

spark_adler 3 months ago

spark_adler

Honestly yes playlists. I will admit also it's the as im falling asleep I will occasionally pretend Im them who passed out/ are passing out. or something depending on my mood and character's situatuon.

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