WOW! Original work coming from me! Creative Writing is already having an effect.
The Cookie series is a self-imposed penance challenge. To write as sympathetic characters people who would otherwise be... pretty horrible. It's actually not as hard as expected, since if you really get into their heads, you get their (rather strange but usually interesting) view of the world, and it usually makes sense. So far the main exception to this is the one I'm currently trying to write, since nazi death camp guards are rather hard to write as sympathetic characters.
This one is about an Aztec Priest, it was written ages ago, and it's only now I've thought to expand it, so the writing isn't the best. I still like it though, even if doing the Aztecs is cheating a bit, once you understand how they percieved the world it really does stop being so horrible. Turns out quite a few of the sacrifices were voluntary.
So far some of the others I've been thinking of include: An inquisitor, a WW1 army general, and the aformentioned SS. Any suggestions would be nice.
Also, I don't want to write specific people, so just give me examples. The harder the better.