I believe it is impossible to play a character that's wholly unlike oneself. Especially when a play goes on longer and a character gets more fleshed out, they tend to take on more specific traits that can be related back to their creator/player. I find that this is true for OCs as much as for...
Maybe I'm an outlier, but during the planning stage, I sip on my tea and can wait forever without any stress. If they don't reply, I'm not on their priority list and that's completely fine and valid - they probably figured out they're not interested as much as they thought they would be, and I'm...