http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/tulpamancy-internet-subculture-892
Though I may have some thoughts later.
I think I’ll just leave this to stand on its own
February 8, 2015 by bonniers
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Cowgirl in New England 
Very interesting. Sounds like my muse and my characters to me. They certainly have minds of their own :).
Yes, but you and I know that we’re dealing with constructs of our own imagination. These guys seem to think their created characters have a separate existence.
Sorry, missed your reply for some reason.
While your statement is true, it’s a matter of degree. I’ve learned to listen to my characters because they know themselves better than I do. While technically I’m saying the portion of my thoughts I’ve devoted to this character includes subconscious pieces not available to my conscious mind, it’s a thin line between “interviewing” a character and interviewing them, if that makes sense.
It’s a thin line, but it seems significant.
I was talking to a parent of an adult schizophrenic and comparing my descriptions to her daughter’s, she said they sounded pretty much the same. Thin line there too. One big difference we both agreed with is that I used this knack to create things while she was told not to engage with her daughter’s “characters” because it would encourage her illness. I wonder if a treatment path might be suggesting to write them out because it provides just enough distance to be on the right side of that line without losing either creativity or being drowned in meds.
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