Name, Sex, Race, etc
Hair, Eye, Skin, colours
Tattoos? Glasses? Scars?
Family, Friends, Pets?
Personality Traits (Mean, Nice, Kind, Evil, Rude)
Quirks
Attitude
How they view themselves (self–perception)
Gestures
Actions
Clothing
Overheard conversation’s
Accents
Facial Expressions
Necessary to identify who is speaking at the time
Pay attention to the level of diction
Sentence Structure
Rhythm
Idea of place
Signature phrases
Present mood and purpose
Techniques to reveal your character to the reader:
- What you tell the reader directly
- What he tells about himself, or thinks
- What others in the story say about him or her
- What actions and reactions you supply so readers can come to there own conclusions
Process:
The setting my character is going to be living in will be a graveyard. It is where my character goes to find a peace of mind and silence, she loves hanging out there so she moved there. This graveyard is located in a town called ‘Rutherglen’, and the town is as mysterious as it sounds. The town is always dark, gloomy and every animal living there is bigger than normal aka 10x the size of humans, this had never been a problem for my character until one day in the graveyard.
My characters name is Alex Williams, she is 18 years old. She is a what you would call ‘emo’ character. She is very shy, yet evil on the inside. She loves everything gothic and to wear black, watch horror movies and try to summon demons. She has a pale complexion covered by two full sleeve length tattoos as well as a face tattoo. She also has many ear, nose, lip and eyebrow piercings. She has deep green eyes and long brown hair. She is anything but religious and she moved out at 16 years old all by herself so her family disowned her and she has no friends but her white cat, Chilly. She is a very rude person, she does things how she likes it which can be very selfish at times, she hates people and hates interaction, she has a snobby, no-it-all attitude and views herself as the smartest, best person in the world.
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