I find it really interesting the number of people who have said, "Well, I get an image or a picture and then I go from there." Mostly because I'm egotistic enough that I never expect other people to do what I do.

So put me down for that, and then going forward and back in time trying to figure out what made the characters do that in the first place, and what they're likely to do after.

Mostly, I try to have what they say and do make sense. But sometimes they say or do things that I don't understand, and then I have to stop and figure out why they did that, and if it really makes sense.

So it's mostly Method. With a strong disinclination to have the characters do nothing *but* think and emote. 'Cause that's generally (not always, generally) boring, yo.

And on a more meta level, this:

god knows writers would rather talk about the process than actually, y'know, *write.*

...completely cracked me up. Too true.

- hossgal