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I've only ever derived one character from myself and that was for a fun role playing exercise. When I picked the character up and moulded it into its own universe and prepped it for writing a novel, I removed most of my character traits from it. I've never really been able to put whole chunks of me into a character.

However, having said that, I could be lying or misinterpreting, as I have put single aspects of myself into individual characters. One of the useful things in my brain is its logic circuits. I can be very logical in certain situations. But I also have a very whacked emotional side that can go own its own little trips. I've found it useful to throw the logic into one character and the emotion into another and then pit them against each other in a buddy type relationship. Makes for good arguments and great banter. Also shows just how whacked my brain can get.

The Zone! Oh, tell me of a writer who doesn't worship The Zone. When you can find it, it is bliss. when you find it and are interrupted, it could be cause some crime ending in -cide. Love The Zone :D

Second person? You use a lot of 'you's? Interesting choice and a difficult challenge. I'm a bit boring in that my natural voice is point of view third person. I like to ride around in my characters' heads.

Overly verbose? I've been accused of writing hyperbole. But I'm proud of the way I write. I know it is at least decent. Perhaps you should ask someone for some feedback? It can be very useful.

Yes, I be female and don't worry, you're not the first person to think I'm male. Apparently apart from writing very visually, I also write like a guy. Which isn't surprising since my main genres are sci-fi and action adventure. I like blowing things up, racing cars and spaceships, that kind of thing. But at the same time I can be an emotional sop at the drop of the hat, so the female part of me still has na influence. If I ever publish, I'll use my initials and my surname like J.K. Rowling did, cos apparently guys don't like reading female authors and I write some male stuff.

Nice speaking to you. Would you like to friend?

Nutty
(it has been a long day)