Poppy Goad
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How Far Do Authors Reflect Themselves in Their Protagonists?
When writing fiction, most writers draw upon the clichéd but sage advice to ‘write what you know.’ Some simply explore their native milieu and insert a fictional plot, while others write a roman à clef, skirting the border of fiction and reality. But how far does that statement transcend the setting of the story and diffuse into the characters? It is usually by coincidence that little idiosyncrasies of people the author knows end up becoming part of the characters they write, allowing them to create more vivid depictions of the world around us. It is also common for authors to base characters entirely on someone they know, perhaps as a tribute or merely because they fit into the story being told. However how much of the time do authors reflect themselves in their characters?
By Poppy Goad6 years ago in Geeks