By: Greta van der Rol

A very interesting read. I agree it's about character. If you don't give a damn about the heroine, who cares if the train runs her over?

The charts of where he went to school, background etc are really only another way (I think) of getting into the person's skin. If you understand the background, it makes the method acting a little easier. Or so I've found. I do a little bit of both - enough background to understand why he'd do what I want him to do - which is a bit the other way round, isn't it? I want him to do X. What in his background would make him do that?

But all in all, it's whatever works for you to make those characters come alive.