Sunday Requests
There are none! So I'm gonna take a cue from @lilbluestem and actually talk about some of my processing. My inspo comes from just about anything but commonly I look at characters I would want to see something different from. I tweak an aspect of their personality or background and then let it grow from there. Once I've got a general idea about a character I usually ask myself about them, what do they look like, how do they sound, what impression would they give someone, how do the people that know them respond to them or describe them, etc. By that point, if I don't have an idea of a plot I may just set that character down. In which case I usually get snippets of conversations or responses to something and see how that might fit their story so far. Otherwise I may have an idea for how they fit into a specific universe and I'll try to ID their relationships with other established characters I have. My number one question is always: what is this characters conflict and how does that shape them? From there things always tend to snowball and if I have multiple answers, I never rule them out. I try to leave a lot of self and external conflict even if a character is at peace with a part of their life.