Take Notes

Take notes. Always make sure you have a notepad with you to write down ideas and thoughts about the world and conversations or expressions that strike you.

At any moment, you may come across a place, object, situation, person or expression that will one day come in useful. Write it all down, without stopping to wonder why. In doing so, you will create a “library” of ideas, and develop your sense of observation. This will serve when you want to imagine original, colorful characters with their own distinctive way of speaking.