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[artsyprincess.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea about really trying to get into a character's mindset. I hadn't been doing that with my WIP to the extent that I should. I've been more focused on plot than on character, which is causing part of my problems. I'm going to try to really think inside my heroine's head in order to get out those last 1,500 words for NaNo today. :) I've never drawn my characters, but I do find pictures to represent them. I look online and in magazines and cut out pictures of people that I think might make good characters some day, then I file them for later use. Sometimes I spend hours searching for a visual representation that's just right for a character because having a picture to keep in front of me really helps me to stay consistent with description and to feel more connected with my characters.