I've always used real people whom I know to create my characters. But I don't go so far as to copy them entirely. I just use real people as a sort of base and then the fiction takes over and they become their own character. But in some instances, there have been a person or persons who've crossed me or just went out of his or her way to make my life a living hell. It's possible more of their real, f'd up persona makes it into my novel than not. In a way, you know who you are, but are just too proud to admit it.
Writer's Revenge? Real People in Your Fiction
Writer's Revenge? Real People in Your Fiction
Writer's Revenge? Real People in Your Fiction
I've always used real people whom I know to create my characters. But I don't go so far as to copy them entirely. I just use real people as a sort of base and then the fiction takes over and they become their own character. But in some instances, there have been a person or persons who've crossed me or just went out of his or her way to make my life a living hell. It's possible more of their real, f'd up persona makes it into my novel than not. In a way, you know who you are, but are just too proud to admit it.