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It seems like you are not a "mean and dark type." Then you have to base those characters on people who are, instead of having them sound like you. One way is to pattern those characters on a frien...
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System
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2019-12-08T05:34:49Z (about 5 years ago)
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Tom Au
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2019-12-08T05:34:49Z (about 5 years ago)
It seems like you are _not_ a "mean and dark type." Then you have to base those characters on people who are, instead of having them sound like you. One way is to pattern those characters on a friend, or more likely an acquaintance, that fits the bill. Almost everyone knows someone like "Eddie Haskell" from "Leave it to Beaver," the smiling, pleasant teenager up front, who has a dark side that delights in making people misunderstand each other. If you don't know such people in real life, you may have to compensate by finding such people in fiction, and getting to know them as well as you can. You might start with the characters in the "Godfather."
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System
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2017-05-29T01:07:48Z (over 7 years ago)
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