....to perform my most recent writing assignment. First of all, my apologies regarding my absence. Had some personal shit going on and all, not that it's much of an excuse, but I have had a serious case of writer's block for about a week now. Hoping it ends soon.

So, first of all. The question that I am supposed to answer for my assignment. How do I formulate my characters?

Well, generally, the characters arise out of hypothetical scenarios or fantasies that occur to me for any number of reasons. I often get inspiration for stories from "Murphy's Law" types of ideas or themes. The people that are the characters in this are the necessary ones from the theoretical possibility.

Other characters are real-life people that I modify a bit here or there, after fantasizing about them now and then. I develop these characters by a process of trial and error, seeing what works and doesn't. Sometimes, I write a story, look at it again, and decide to drastically change a character. And I try to listen to the characters, not force them to do things all of the time that seem out of character for them. If they do something odd for them, I try to give a motive or reason for that aberration.

How does that sound? My brain is running on fumes right now, so I hope that I wasn't rambling too much.