What a tease . <| sep |> Ok , so I will now get off your lawn . <| sep |> Well , personally u would try to guarantee that the charger is working properly and completely drain the iPad . Then , no matter how long , i would let it charge to 100 percent a few hours before using it , and then wipe it . Only after that would I trying to come to any conclusion . If the battery was empty for many many moons , it might be ducked . <| sep |> My writing partner and I often use reallife people as references . People we ' ve worked with , motherinlaws , waiters etc . We observe their behaviours and try to figure out how to translate it for our scripts . We talk about little moments , i . e what stressed them out and how does that stress manifest ? Then we figure out what the character wants , what they need and what obstacles are in their way and how our reallife little moments could help fillout and humanise our characters .