I find a lot of times I take one trait of mine, super-exaggerate it, fill in details that have nothing to do with me, and watch it unfold.
For example, my current character Claire is a caricature of my silly side. She definitely feeds into my love of humor. But thats just one aspect of me, and its even only one aspect of my sense of humor (though admittedly, it is my favorite kind of humor)
I find having that 'tether' makes Claire both enjoyable and easy to play. Occassionally, I venture well outside of my comfort zone with characters I create, and while I really enjoy that too, I often find I return to those characters a lot less than a character that feels like a comfortable sweater.
If I can't relate well to a character, it sometimes just takes too much mental effort to slip into their mindset, so those chars come out to play less often. If I try to play those chars too often, they start to gravitate towards becoming 'comfortable sweaters', which is not the reason I created them >_>
For example, my current character Claire is a caricature of my silly side. She definitely feeds into my love of humor. But thats just one aspect of me, and its even only one aspect of my sense of humor (though admittedly, it is my favorite kind of humor)
I find having that 'tether' makes Claire both enjoyable and easy to play. Occassionally, I venture well outside of my comfort zone with characters I create, and while I really enjoy that too, I often find I return to those characters a lot less than a character that feels like a comfortable sweater.
If I can't relate well to a character, it sometimes just takes too much mental effort to slip into their mindset, so those chars come out to play less often. If I try to play those chars too often, they start to gravitate towards becoming 'comfortable sweaters', which is not the reason I created them >_>
