Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different

by Chuck Palahniuk

you’ll begin to see the world via the character’s experience and the descriptions will come naturally. Eventually, it will even be fun. Getting inside a character might seem like a vacation from being you. But face it, you’re never not you. No matter what world you create you’re always dealing with your own shit. Same shit, different mask. You’ve chosen to explore a certain character because something about it resonates with you. Don’t pretend for a moment that writing as a different person is evading reality. If anything it allows you a greater freedom to explore parts of yourself you wouldn’t dare consciously examine.