Creating Man A formula for character. What are we doing? Head up your page Character Scene. Use your imagination and invent a character by giving them.

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Creating Man A formula for character

What are we doing? Head up your page Character Scene. Use your imagination and invent a character by giving them a first name and a last name. Then follow the instructions that I am going to give step by step.

1. (full name) and action sentence. 2. (fill in the blank), he/she thought. 3. Pronoun and active action sentence. 4. Memory or thought about the past. 5. Action sentence that concludes the scene. 1. Jane Doe took hold of the chainsaw. 2. I wonder how messy this will be, she thought. 3. She opened the door softly and stepped quietly into the room. 4. She thought of her last husband and a time when her life had been much simpler. 5. Jane moved quietly to the edge of the bed where the man lay sleeping, then smiling coldly, she pulled the cord and brought the chainsaw to life.

Description Formula 1. (full name) standing in front of the mirror. 2. A physically descriptive sentence. 3. Pronoun and descriptive sentence. 4. (fill in the blank), she thought. 5. Concluding action and leave mirror. 1. Jane Doe stood in front of the mirror. 2. The wrinkles around her eyes seemed deeper than she remembered. 3. She lifted a trembling hand to her short, dark hair. 4. Where has the time gone, she thought. 5. She lowered her hand, shook her head sadly, and walked away from the mirror.