World Building II -- Gena Showalter on Aliens

THIS IS EXCELLENT ADVICE FROM GENA


To make an alien believable, you have to "build" him inside out, just like you do when creating other planets. He has a present, past and future, and has certain needs. There are things that hurt him, things that help him. H’ll be different from us in many ways, but also have similarities. When you compile all of those things, he’ll begin to take shape in a way we can identify and sympathize with.