Talking With Your Characters

    Do you ever talk to your characters?
    Maybe not out loud, but what about on paper? Do you ever just take out a sheet of paper, write down a question, and imagine how your main protagonist or antagonist or supporting character would respond? Or maybe not ask questions, but just talk with them. Write up what they would say about certain subjects, how they would react in certain situations.
    It's a great writing exercise to flesh out your characters and to get used to writing about them. Seeing how they'd respond to certain questions that the other characters in the story wouldn't ask, finding out what makes them tick. Talking with your characters brings you closer to them, helps you understand them better, which can improve the way you write about them.
    Do you ever talk with your characters? What kind of questions do you ask?