yes, at least I do, and others might think it different on how they have their characters. For me, I plan my characters depending on what kind of story I will be writing. I’m writing a skating story, so I want to include diversity in my story.
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Starting with character’s name, their personality, their zodaic sign, likes and dislikes, hobbies, jobs, age, where are they from, what language do they speak, their religion (opitional), etc.
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Ask yourself some questions about your characters, like:
a. Do your character drink/smoke?
b. Is your character a bad guy, or good guy?
c. Do your character have a tragic/good backstory?
Now, let’s say for fantasy, that’s going to be different, so, yeah.