I think I am a "character," everyone says so.
If you want to improve word play read Terry Pratchett books. Read all of them, and then reread them.
Here you can get a good example. This short is not by Pratchett but the characters in it are his and they play true to his form. One could say this film is Terry Pratchett's super fan Eulogy. A work of love by those who loved him.
He was a master of touching on all kinds of societal issues 20 years before they would emerge. Genius writer.