Agent John Myers: “We like people for their qualities but love them for their defects.”

–Guillermo Del Toro, Hellboy

Take some time today to write about the people you love. What do you love about them? What annoys you about them? How did you meet? While this is a pleasant exercise in mindfulness, it’s also a good way of conceiving character traits. These things that you list are what make people come to life. The things you love and hate about people are the same things that make well-rounded characters. Have you based as character off someone you know?