Do Writers Have a Split Personality?

thousands! I always say I am all those in my stories, and more. I am the drunk rambling and ranting down the street, the tired home maker who wants out of her miserable life, the witchy, wanton woman who seduces unsuspecting men, the cat who purrs contentedly on someone's lap, the child with silent screams as he is being struck, time and again - and his mother, who does the beating. I am the sun beaming down on the young couple on the beach, and the seashells they pick up and gather in their baskets. The daffodils that bloom each Easter season, and the young man who picks them for his girl. I am the dying, senior woman with no family to say "good-bye" to...and the nurse, who attends to her. I am all these and more. Each character, each element, in my stories is part of me, and I am part of them. Split personality? No. Fragmented in zillions of bits? Yes. Yet glued back together by force of story told.

I am me. I have several characters running about in my head but they are not part of my personality. A character may have facets of my personality or how I would like to be but not fully of me. Maybe it is the language. I don't know. I don't talk to my characters. I act out scenes in my head and see how they go before I write it down.

I feel that they use more of their brains then people that do not write. They use their imagination possibly to it's limits and that can awaken awaken parts of the brain..so they have their normal personality..then their writing personality. I'm not a writer, but my brain possibly is home to 3 personalities..which one only peeks out once in awhile when I am riled like a mamma bear..lol

Oh wow, is this a "lets see how weird you are session?" I hope I don't come off as crazy, but oh well, I have been called worse..I actually become a character and interact with my other characters, in my mind of course. It gives me a perspective on how one would act or feel in each scene.

Looks like you are into a lot of fiction (I mean REALLY!!!). I do see a change in my mood/personality when I'm writing, but that's probably because I use it as an escape route from reality (whatever that means . . . ).

I'm sure that the character have some of writer recipes

I have often wondered about that. My husband writes sci-fi, but I write non-fiction. I find I just don't have voices in my head, yet he ays his characters have become old friends.

I would say so. I have never written anything in entirety, but I've tried writing short stories and whatnot and it seems like every character is kind of a split personality of myself, or at least has parts of my personality in theirs. It just seems easier to write about feelings you've had before. *shrugs*

hey frnd.. . . . very nice topic In some movies ,i saw split personality character but i think,its not possible in real life well,some times (in mind ) i talk with ourselve(think) as u said i am pretty nd its gud thing ,right? if i do this,then it would be result of .... bla bla.... but i dont think that it is split personality?

Well it depends on what role am I going to play. I think I can make several personalities....and will perform them by having lots of concentrations, too...