Same Riff, Never the Same Solo

 How do you come up with character personality sketchesfor your books—do you plunge in and let your characters develop on the page,use real-life people as inspiration, or turn to personality frameworks like theenneagram? Especially for those who’ve written a lot—how do you keep newcharacters from looking like old ones?

First off, I don’tknow what an enneagram is. I assume it’s either a personality chart or aScandinavian death metal band. Either way, I don’t use it.

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