10 Days of Character Building: 12 Questions
October 27, 2007 by John Hewitt
This is Day 8 of 10 Days of Character Building
- How would I describe this character in a single sentence?
- What type of personality does this character have?
- What is this character’s purpose in the story?
- How is this character different from any other character in the story?
- What makes this character interesting to readers?
- What does this character care most about?
- What are this character’s key physical traits?
- What is the most important thing that has ever happened to this character?
- What are the things this character cares the most about?
- How does this character deal with problems?
- What would it take to make this character change significantly?
- What relationship does this character have with the other characters?
Related links
- 10 Days of Character Building: A Day in the Life (0.500)
- 10 Days of Character Building: Brainstorming (0.500)
- 10 Days of Character Building: Building a Character Using Multiple Perspectives (0.500)
- 10 Days of Character Building: Basing Characters on Real People (0.500)
- 10 Days of Character Building: Character Bio Sheets (0.500)
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I’m very sorry I can’t get the window to put in my line breaks properly.
The Neophyte
Tall, dark-eyed and thin
Her story is grim
Her purpose as stated unclear
She’s traveled from far
To be where we are
To escape from a life of no win
She had everything manifest
Family, home and the best
Yet money could not buy her soul rest
She floundered by day, on the streets
Of L.A., walking Sunset and hitching
Down Belladonna Wayay.
A child of the night
Confused by the light
Lives undercover of a hoodie, hides and
Cries in the back of the house
She’ll be here I’m sure, when the
Nadir is near, save a seat for the lost one
We love, her demons are clever, so no one
Must never, leave ajar the door to the dark world
She fears
But standing strong together
In the circle of light
The energy we build may just
Set things right, from the earth to the sky we request yet a nod
She has faith in her God
Loyalty to first belief and, no jest
A crucial part of the test
Not blind mimicry of what others think
Because she is true and never wavers from this
The first rule of delivery is met
Her energy is weak, it is our strength that she seeks
To close the doors, to conquer the scores
Of addictions that succor her will
A quiet little mouse
Her purpose she states
She wants to begin again
With this course in mind
Open the book and remind her
Of the the discipline of Abramalin
Tell her love is the law
We’ve all been there and seen
Other’s demons that didn’t survive
For the Great Mother is kind, and action
Will bind, the evil away from her heart
Hi Connie,
Line breaks in comments can be tough. Everything looks ok on the screen though.
Connie: your strong rhythms and rhymes help us know how to read it.