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#WritersCoffeeClub 15. What do you owe the real people you base your characters on?
The only real person I base my characters off of is me. Just about everyone of my main characters is a self insert in some fashion, taking and expanding on different aspects of who I am.
Other characters may be inspired by tropes, by other media, by my dreams. Can only think of one character that was based on a real person, and that was back in high school
edit:
I take it back. I can't believe I forgot, but I did write one short story where both the main characters were based on other people.
Her Broken Dragon was inspired by nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq0ykgwx763wraurc2wpsy7hvzckakpmndw5gass83e5z4e7v3knxsxk8wza (nprofile…8wza) and his lady, and written with full permission of both.
I love Naga and the story he gave me, and have given gratitude for it more than once, but I wouldn't say I 'owe' him anything for it. Nor, I believe, would he.
https://books2read.com/b/bWKd9x
The only real person I base my characters off of is me. Just about everyone of my main characters is a self insert in some fashion, taking and expanding on different aspects of who I am.
Other characters may be inspired by tropes, by other media, by my dreams. Can only think of one character that was based on a real person, and that was back in high school
edit:
I take it back. I can't believe I forgot, but I did write one short story where both the main characters were based on other people.
Her Broken Dragon was inspired by nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq0ykgwx763wraurc2wpsy7hvzckakpmndw5gass83e5z4e7v3knxsxk8wza (nprofile…8wza) and his lady, and written with full permission of both.
I love Naga and the story he gave me, and have given gratitude for it more than once, but I wouldn't say I 'owe' him anything for it. Nor, I believe, would he.
https://books2read.com/b/bWKd9x