Confession of an Analytical Writer

My characters don't talk to me.



They don't talk to me. I don't feel like they're my friends or someone I know in real life. I don't spend time with them, and they don't bug me with their story until I write it.



There, I said it.



I know a lot of you writers are the opposite. A character starts talking to you, tells you their story, and you feel compelled to write it. And I'm really, really sorry, but that's never how it worked out for me.



I usually get a world first, one that's in danger ...