First, ask yourself a few questions about them. 

 

-What is their name? (This can be the hardest part.)

-What are they afraid of?

-What is their favourite food?

-How old are they?

-How wealthy are they?

-What is their favourite past time?

-If they were God, what would they make the 11th commandment?

-What shoe do they put on first?

-Are the shy?

-What do they think of the sound of one hand clapping?

 

Ask and answer the most off the wall questions you can think of, along with normal ones. Know your characters inside and out. Give them a voice, a style, an attitude. Eventually, you should be able to hold conversations with your imaginary characters, and have them respond in their own way, rather than in the style you would talk. You do not even have to like or agree with your characters. In fact, if there are one or two you do not like, but can still successfully write about, you are doing your job.

 

Make sure your characters do not all talk and act the same. If you have a proper, upscale person talking to a a lowerclass individual, they would not speak in the same way. Unless you intentionally want the upperclass person to be casual and/or the loweclass one to act uppity.

 

You may have to do some research and observing to get your character acting correctly. If you are trying to create a typical 80's hair band rock star, watch some old music videos and concert footage, and read a book or two on some bands.

 

Another good way to make characters is to make one or two into a person you already know alot about. If you live with a very annoying little brother, it will be easy for you to write about annoying little brothers.