I try to construct some kind of backstory for my character so that I have an idea of the life of that character - not just from the moment when the scene starts, but from before.

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• William Blake

  Poet

  Monday, Nov 28, 1757
  Sunday, Aug 12, 1827

• John Muir

  Author

  Saturday, Apr 21, 1838
  Thursday, Dec 24, 1914

• Carl Jung

  Psychiatrist

  Monday, Jul 26, 1875
  Tuesday, Jun 06, 1961

• Pope Francis

  Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
  

• Les Brown

  Author

  Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
  

• Winston Churchill

  Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

  Monday, Nov 30, 1874
  Sunday, Jan 24, 1965

• Nelson Mandela

  Former President Of South Africa

  Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
  Thursday, Dec 05, 2013

• Thomas Aquinas

  Priest

  Tuesday, Jan 28, 1225
  Wednesday, Mar 07, 1274

• Vincent Van Gogh

  Painter

  Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
  Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890

• Michael Jordan

  Basketball Player

  Sunday, Feb 17, 1963
  

• Henry David Thoreau

  Author

  Saturday, Jul 12, 1817
  Tuesday, May 06, 1862

• John Lewis

  U.s. Representative

  Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
  

• Napoleon Hill

  Author

  Friday, Oct 26, 1883
  Sunday, Nov 08, 1970

• Stephen Hawking

  Physicist

  Thursday, Jan 08, 1942
  

• Kanye West

  Songwriter

  Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
  Thursday, Jun 04, 2015