let's do it for Johnny
Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.
I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.