Who Are You Gonna Be for Halloween?

One of the great things about writing is that we writers get to assume someone else's identity for awhile. If we are shy, we can be the boisterous politician in our story. If we are female, we can become a male character in a chapter of a novel.

I'd like to believe that writing about people allows us to become more knowledgeable and appreciative of the world's characters around us. Why are certain people behaving in the odd ways that they do? Will they change? Writing about people allows us to also understand ourselves better. I now pay attention to why I do things that I shouldn't (like eating that extra cookie when I'm full).

So, writers, when you are sitting in front of your computers, who are you gonna be for Halloween today?