Star Wars RolePlay

create a back story in steps. So say you want to be a kick ass solder. grew up under a abusive farther and had to protect his younger brother from him, did ok at school but great at sports. Joined the military to escape farther. Now take that had fluff and bam there is your fresh recruit and in some early military experience and bam a solid snake is born

Ever played Dungeons and Dragons? It wasn't until I started playing and had my character die that I got good at coming up with new character ideas and just running with them. When you have to create a new character every few weeks it starts to get easier. Added benefit, it's a fun game.