sacrificethemtothesquid:

brynwrites:

There are two types of writers…

Writer A: “I’ve fleshed this character out to the point where they’re more real then I am. I know everything about them, including their blood type, their thirty-first favorite song, what they did for their sixth birthday, and which brand of apples they prefer.”

Writer B: “This character exists as a full person in my head, but I know absolutely nothing about them. Once I forced them to talk about themselves,  and they simultaneous lied about their past and told me accurate trivia facts I don’t remember learning.”

Writer C: “I’ve fleshed out this character to the point- wait. Where are you going? And- that’s not in character. You wouldn’t say that. You wouldn’t DO that, not with- but your backstory, you- no, that’s not-”