Is it normal to create fictional stories in my head?
Is it normal to create fictional stories in my head that involve real people?
I think a lot, and ever since I was a kid I would give characters life inside my head. The problem is that I create fictional characters in my mind, and incorporate them into stories that involve very real people. For example, the teenager I have created in my head is an actor, and I want to put him in a role, so mentally I remove the real life actor and replace him with my character. In my mind these characters are almost real and I find myself thinking about them all the time.
People have told me to write about these characters, but I can't because they are involved with real people in my mind.
So, it this normal? Do other people do this?