I'd rather play here With all the madmen For I'm quite content they're all as sane As me

[medusasowl]

Ever felt like you played or wrote your characters a little differently than the people around you? You may have a disorder called DICD, or Dissociative Imaginative Characterization Disorder. The test below has been designed to assist in self-diagnosis.LOL! Amarin sent us this test, and Karen and I flunked it too. XD The amusing thing is that a

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[screamingshiva]

76% for me... but I create characters like this on purpose.

seems like finds like here...

makes me want to start writing again

[medusasowl]

Oh, I seek them out deliberately too. :) That's awesome that you go about character development this way! Like finds like indeed.

It's a fun fun fun method of writing. This is probably why I have no concept of boredom.

[padparadscha]

Hee hee! I have been fascinated by the interaction between authors and characters for years. In the past I've found out that a character I thought was straight was in a relationship with his male attendant, and I once had a character tell me where she'd been while I was working on other projects--and the answer surprised me. And in the story I'm writing right now, the plot got overturned when a character made a surprise move that left another character AND the author floundering.

But this hasn't gone unnoticed! Here's an article from our campus paper I read a few years ago. Intriguing, no? I'd be interested in seeing more ...

[medusasowl]

That's an awesome article! It is fascinating how it works. I'm often baffled or surprised by what they know or don't know, or what I know or don't know. To the point of looking up RL science or world stuff up to fact check and going "Wait... did I know that before and forget or something?" and them going "HAH, I told you."

I love being surprised by my muses. Karen and I usually start stories without knowing where they're going. Medusa is an exception to that because, like the Titanic, we all know how it's going to end. But there's still so many surprises along the way!

[galleon_lore]

39 of 39.
Sweet Oz, do I ever have issues.

[medusasowl]

There's a lot worse issues to have! ;)