It's my own opinion. Don't shoot me. You can prod or poke, but don't shoot. It'll be better for all of us if you just closed the window/tab if you're not happy, y'know.

I think it takes a certain level of insanity/weirdness to be a proficient writer. I mean, I've met people who can't write stories for nuts, because they just lack the insanity to slip out of their personality and into the character's shoes.

I do think you need to be slightly less-than-sane in order to insinuate another character, especially one who is totally fictional and nothing more than a figment of somebody's imagination.

I do think you can't be 100% sane if you can create characters, because you know it's like a minor form of parenting - characters grow. They rebel, they run away, they do things you don't want 'em to do. Don't ask me how, they do. Just look at Sora. I never intended her to have a sadistic streak and a cynical view of life, but there you have it. And it fits. Somehow.

I do think you need to be a little crazy in the head to be able to create entire worlds from nothing - or plots from a single, random burst of inspiration.

And I honestly think you have to be somewhat mad so you can hit the second part of storytelling - making the situation so terrible for the dear protagonist that it breaks people's hearts, and sometimes yours too. There's a bit of sadism there if you think about it, no?

I guess it's easier to think out of the box if you're a little nuts.

And yes, I guess I'm a little crazy, too. I sure as heck can't be fully sane if I think my characters have a life of their own. But a bit of insanity is good. It helps you imagine. Helps you create worlds, create characters. I think it's really sad that we stifle creativity nowadays. At least some measure of it is being allowed now. Better than nothing. :D

Had I been born just two years earlier, I wouldn't even get the chance to do what I'm doing now. I probably would've gone into science, which, as I realize, is something I'm interested it, but not passionate about.

But writing, creating, dreaming, imagining... is love. (:

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