"Have a go at"? - what do you mean? (I know what I think it means, but hello idiolects and such.)
It's funny who is and isn't comfortable in your skin. I have several characters who are weirded out by the whole disabled thing, there's an "Excuse me, why does your body not do what it's told?", because that's outside their realm of experience, but the weirdest one was writing a short 13 year old girl. I've never been "small" in that sense. Up until 15 I was tall for my age (then I quit growing and everyone caught up). At her age I was taller than some of my teachers. So it was very strange to get into the mindset of someone who saw herself as being small, and navigated the world that way. There was a lot of "Why don't you just... ah. Wait. Can't. Fair enough!"
Re: out of his tiny shiny
It's funny who is and isn't comfortable in your skin. I have several characters who are weirded out by the whole disabled thing, there's an "Excuse me, why does your body not do what it's told?", because that's outside their realm of experience, but the weirdest one was writing a short 13 year old girl. I've never been "small" in that sense. Up until 15 I was tall for my age (then I quit growing and everyone caught up). At her age I was taller than some of my teachers. So it was very strange to get into the mindset of someone who saw herself as being small, and navigated the world that way. There was a lot of "Why don't you just... ah. Wait. Can't. Fair enough!"