How can I look through "character’s eyes"?

Space_of_Writing

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Normal narrator vs. character tells the story. I believe it’s one of the biggest challenges a great author must be able to handle it.
Sure, you can write it in an omniscient narrator á la Lord of the rings. But I do not guarantee that your story is likable. So, the most readers will like it and not just a few. (Of course, LOTR is a good book. However, its style is overused.)
It isn’t easy to look through the “character’s eyes”.—Especially, for me as a girl with Asperger’s syndrome. So, which are your best tips to look through the character’s eyes?
 
People watch (people with aspergers are often good with this I find) - see how they interact with each other.

Ask questions. If someone behaves in a way that surprises you ask them why (if you are able to).

Act. Many people with aspergers are great actors so it may be easier than you imagine. As you act, you might get under the characters’ skin
 
@Space_of_Writing - you keep asking basic writing questions, so I'm going to recommend two resources you should find useful:

1. Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer - covers pretty much all the main technicalities of writing.
2. Brandson Sanderson's writing lectures - which can be found here: Brandon Sanderson - 318R - YouTube

Also, make sure you read widely, especially in your target genre, as a lot of the questions you ask are already answered in published novels.
 
A part of what I do is to try to put myself in someones shoes. Especially if I see someone acting out in what seems to me to be strange. I try to figure out what might happen to me to make me act that way.

I also try to remember that few people are normal. If everyone started acting normal--by some standard or other--it would be extremely weird and surreal. So I just try to put myself in their place and create a reason why and it doesn't come out as a mirror of them as much as a mirror of myself as them.
 

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