Switchaholics Anonymous

[Handsome Jack]

Nothing wrong with playing a character unlike yourself, and you shouldn't just play yourself. But the less able you are to relate to your character, the shorter a tenure it will have. It'll become a chore to write.

Getting upset about things happening to your charrie will happen to any that you've invested time and energy into, regardless of similarities to yourself. Hell, just check out Twitter after GoT airs for proof. Relateability does not need to mean you plan out everything either. It just means that you can more easily know how your character will react to any situation. No need to get "in-character" when you're already there.

In my case, Cell is a lot like me, but far more ambitious, motivated, and willing to fight. Because he shares personality traits with me, I can pump out a thousand words inside an hour without even trying. I already know how he'll react to any situation because he is me. If that makes sense.

In any case, that advice was directed towards people who switch often. If you can personally handle drastically different characters from yourself, then switching either isn't a problem or it isn't something you consider a problem. What I said was advice directed towards establishing a long-term, easily viable choice. Something that is easy to stick with.