Creating a character.

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Creating a character

The basics You will need to decide on a few basics for your character in order to get started. Take out a piece of paper and spend 10 minutes deciding on the following details for your protagonist: Gender Name Age Occupation (Job) Family members

Sketch him/her out Try and visualize your character. Underneath your “basics” information, spend 15 minutes drawing a sketch of your character. Consider: Hairstyle Facial features/expression Height Outfit

Give me one simple sentence about this man

Describe your character Example: Bob is a middle aged businessman who gets angry very easily. Under your sketch, spend 10 minutes writing a few sentences describing YOUR character

Character traits Using the list of character traits, pick out some traits that describe your character.

Extra time? Do the same things (basics, sketch, descriptions, traits) for some other main characters of your story (antagonist,