I have a novel idea swirling around, and the characters are loosely inspired by real people in a similar situation. I plan on changing the characteristics and personalities around, but every time I try to picture the scene, I keep picturing the real people as the fictional characters.
Have you ever written a story that was about a real situation or real people that you know? Were you able to separate the novel characters from the real people? Did the people that were the inspiration of your characters ever know your characters were based (even loosely) off of them? What would you consider a ‘loose interpretation,' versus a character who obviously resembles their real life counterpart?
Have you ever written a story that was about a real situation or real people that you know? Were you able to separate the novel characters from the real people? Did the people that were the inspiration of your characters ever know your characters were based (even loosely) off of them? What would you consider a ‘loose interpretation,' versus a character who obviously resembles their real life counterpart?