Consider people for your characters
that are not under similar circumstances, who may have grown up with
a financial situation different from yours, living in either a poorer
or more affluent area than you. Analyze people that have experienced
a traumatic event in their life and think about how that may have
shaped their outlook. Did they grow up with only one parent, live in
a foster home or an orphanage, see a family member or friend die
young, or have someone in their life with an addiction problem? Did
they grow up with a physical or mental disability? Were their parents
extremely rich or horrible with money, living in constant debt? What
if they grew up in a place where it was dangerous to go outside
because of local gangs, dangerous wildlife, or even suffered under
attacks from foreign fighters? These are just a few examples of life
situations that might shape someone's motivations differently than
yours. Developing a character should involve thinking being your own
circumstances.
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