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Day Six Prompt - Character Development
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Today, we're going to have another look at creating and developing characters. In this post, we looked at using dialogue to create characters. Today, we are going to imagine ourselves as a character.
Here's Bernardine Evaristo talking about how she creates characters and how she created the character of Barrington Walker in Mr Loverman.
There's a funny bit at about 1:20 where Bernardine says she based some of the characters on women she knew, but disguised. She didn't think they would recognise themselves. What do you think?
In the video, Bernadine says the story of Mr Loverman began with the character Barrington Walker, inspired by a small passport photograph. She started writing in the voice of character and then, "in the sense, the character began writing himself" and the story then emerged.
Lilia Momple, who wrote Neighbours: Story of A Murder, talks about the characters in her story having minds of their own and, as she started writing them, they behaved badly and took the story in different directions than she had intended.
So finding your characters, or at least, your main character, can help you to build beautiful stories.
Have you tried Festival Day Three about writing voice? Today is going to be a little bit similar only you are going to try to write in the voice of your character.
First, create a name for your character using a:
Character Name Generator
You can have lots of tries until you find a name that you like. You can use the generator to get ideas for names and then adapt them to ones that are more appropriate for where you live or who you want to write about.
Imagine what this new character is like, start to describe them or their surroundings, their likes and dislikes, what they want ... but in the voice of the character. So use the first person "I" and write as if you are the character. Take them for a walk, meet someone ...
What do you notice about your character? Did they develop the way that you thought they would? What is their voice like? Is it different to yours? Include your thoughts about your character in your post.
You can find out more about characters in these writing tips:
Finally ...
- aim for twenty-five minutes writing.
- select your tags wisely.
- link your post in a comment below.
And then, look for other posts to enjoy and comment on.
Remember - have fun! 😁
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