When writing any story it's important to know your character. Even if half of the things you know about them never make it into the final draft, knowing all their little idiosyncrasies will make them come alive in your writing and in your reader's eyes. When you're first starting out it's good to ask yourself how would Character A respond in Situation A? Situation B? Visualize their expression when they look at everyday objects. What things hold significance for them? What do they like and dislike? When you get down to it, there's a heck of a lot that needs to be considered!
So, with that in mind, I'm going to try and make up a trait chart for a few of the main characters in my story. I'll separate it into "Likes" "Dislikes" and "Other". For example: Serica- other- She sings when she's nervous, she can't say something mean without feeling bad, and she scratches her head when she's lying.
Those are just some of the things I'm starting with, but I'd like to get at least 100 different traits to give to each of the main characters. If you have any interesting traits in mind feel free to leave them as a comment!
A couple of traits that could lead to fun situations: a propensity for snoring (church, meetings, etc.), slight hearing impairment (maybe due to a freak accident),a tendency to confuse certain word ("I lost my strain of thought".)
ReplyDeleteOh! Those are some good ones! I especially like the word confusion one, that could make for some funny scenes. Thanks for the suggestions!
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