Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Creative Writing - Developing a Character




Here's a quick and easy way to create a character.

Divide your page like so:


Now think of a person that you know really well. Two rules: it can't be a famous person (you may think you know Taylor Swift, but you probably don't), and it can't be a fictional character. It has to be a real person.

Get out a timer and give yourself one minute to write down everything and anything you can think of about that person in the top left hand section. (prompts: hair color, eye color, height, weight, body type, fav music, fav sport, are they funny, are they shy, what do they want in life, what are they afriad of)

Now think of another person that you know really well.

Get out that timer again and give yourself one minute to write down everything and anything you can think of about your second person in the top right hand section.

You should have two lists that are filled with information about your two friends. For instance:


Take that information and mix your first person together with your second person in the box at the bottom. This time, however, you have permission to mix in some information that is made up or kind of altered. So, if you want to give them a black belt in judo, go ahead, or if you want to make them a sparkly vampire, go for it.

For instance, here's John and Howard mixed together:

Man (both boys)
32 years old  (made up)
6’2” (made up)
blue eyes (Howard)
auburn hair (John)
Scientist (Howard?)
black belt in tae kwon do (Howard)
loves to talk (John)
loves lasagna (John)
***fears losing (Howard)
***just wants to have fun (John)

By the way, I'm going to name my new character Johnny Howard.

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