How do writers try to get reqal life experience for characters for their books? I've been experimenting with umingle and been talking to drug addcits and tweakers. They're so multi faceted and so different from us and operate on another reality
>>25237371You're not a real writer if you've never known any junkies.
>>25237371it helps if you're not the type of person who's stayed inside on the computer their whole life. People like addicts, skaters, graffiti writers etc are all people who spend a lot of time outside. You end up in unique situations and meet unique people. I have been all those things so ama if you want to.Another thing too is that your characters don't have to reflect real life people if you don't want them to. It can feel cheap if a story heavily relies on a characters unrealistic actions but depending what you're doing you could just write whoever the hell you want. Unique characters can be the most interesting, and that might not happen if you're going too heavily for realism. All depends what you're going for though, of course
>>25237371Idea: Go on Omegle and have each person give a sentence, with the previously given sentence as context. Record these sentences, do a little editing (or don't), and bam, a full story.
>>25237371I worked in physical therapy for a few years.It's good money and you meet an incredibly wide range of people.
