Board Thread:Original Character Discussion/@comment-2173402-20160904192842

So this has been a longtime debate among authors. Some argue that every author puts a piece in themselves in their characters, the piece that kind of grants the "life" in their characters and makes for more realistic characters that could be real people.

On the other side of the spectrum, other authors argue that authors should be able to remove themselves entirely from their characters and that characters that share traits/likes/etc. with their authors make bad characters.

What do you guys think about this? Where do you place yourself on this spectrum? If you agree with the statement that good characters have pieces of their authors, do you have any characters who share even the smallest of traits with you? 