I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
People like to run their mouths.
Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.
What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.