How to Get Your Characters to Talk for You

"I hadn't posted any fan-fiction for years, but I was still participating in fandom and talked online about writing," writer says. "A few months later I got a DeviantArt private message from another account I didn't know that simply asked, Hey, how do you get your characters to talk for you?" Writer: She had realized she was not just in love with John, but with my John, from a stupid fan fiction,. Now she could talk to him any time because we were friends.