Subject: How I did it
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Posted on: 2012-04-25 00:54:00 UTC

Okay, I'm not sure if my method will work for you, but here's what I did:

When I first posted on the board I was concerned about my-how should I put this?- my self-insert of the stories that happen in my head. I was worried that she was a total Sue, but I had been thinking up stuff that involved her for years.

Originally, I was going to have her be one of my agents. I think at the time I had this idea of integrating my head canon with the PPC canon. Looking back on it now, this would have backfired HORRIBLY, so thank whatever deity that this idea never made it out of my head.

After being comforted by some other boarders about my self insert, and after a few days, I started thinking up new adventures. These adventures were of missions that I might go on and two of my OCs from other stories I had in my head slipped in.

I certainly wasn't going to have those two OCs be my agents in their present state, so they sort of changed on their own. I based them not only off of those two OCs, but off me. Natasha was the more nervous, self-doubting side of me, which actually worked pretty well with what her character was originally; while Sylvia was me during the rare times where I felt like a bada**. This also seemed to fit her, as she was not only my OC, but also my Fallout 3 PC.

I started pretending to be these characters whenever I dreamed up what might happen on missions, and that seemed to work pretty well. I'm not sure if it would work with you, but it's worth giving it a shot.

So, in conclusion, try to let it come naturally. Go do something! Play a game, go out for a walk! When you see someone, like a non-consequential NPC or something, think of why they might be there, and what they might be like. Maybe you'll get an idea!

Or maybe I'm just making stuff up. I really don't know anymore.

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