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I'm not that interested in characters, so I don't spend any time on creating them. I'm more of a plot guy.

I'm in favor of writing according to your natural inclinations. It's less stressful and more enjoyable.

Someone who is a "character" writer knows it and they spend time daydreaming about the characters.

But someone like me works with the standard toolkit of stereotypical characters - the captain, the princess, the mechanic, the drunk, the corporate executive, the teenager, the spinster, the psycho - adds a quirk or two to individualize him - the one-legged captain with an eyepatch who lisps, the princess who has red hair and hates wealth, the mechanic who invents a time machine - and I place my little action figures in various settings and situations and create some conflict. Before you know it... a story!