Just going into the origins software interface application settings and turning off 'origin in game' solved my constant crashing issues, thank you!
EDIT: kinda solved it, was able to go for an hour or two before crashing, it appears to happen when trying to download/upload data from dragon age servers. I'm guessing it's a server issue with bioware...
EDIT 2: After loading my saved state from the 'keep' and going into character creation, then exiting and restarting character creation the game crashes. But, when I keep the default state and repeat this, no crash. Either the servers or game can't handle this, or the 'keep' data is not stable with the game in my opinion...
EDIT 3: Not logging into the servers in game, not loading a keep (playing default state), turning off 'origin in game' as mentioned above and diabiling all reporting to the servers in the account options in game...it appears bioware servers for the game are overloaded today or just plain suck for the game...been playing the game for 5 or 6 hours no crashes since...
SUCCESS: see my post later in this thread for an outline of the steps I took, things not mentioned in this post as well... or see my new thread http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dragon-Age-Inquisition/How-to-keep-the-game-from-freezing-crashing-my-success/m-p/4008233#U4008233