The Hot Seat Technique

The hot seat technique is a way of building up the identity of a character in a story. The hot seat is when the writer puts them self in the position of the character they're trying to write, and they ask the character questions. This makes the writer think more about the obscure, but still important, parts of their characters. This technique also helps the writer become more familiar and close to the characters that they're writing in their story. I can apply this technique to when I write my characters by asking the character specific questions. For example, in the video Phil Earle asks his character Billy the first memory he could think of. Then Phil gives a fairly long answer, something that Billy would actually say. By using this technique, a writer is able to flesh out their characters even more than they could've thought.