To begin with, how do we create fictional characters?

首先，我们如何创造虚构的人物？

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As you create fictional characters, you'll almost always combine characteristics from several different people on your list to form the identity and personality of just one character.

当你创造虚构的人物时，你几乎总会把名单上几个不同的人的特征结合起来，形成一个人物的身份和个性。

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As with these fictional characters, so with our lives.

我们的人生与这些虚构人物是一样的。

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