Willow

Creating Your Character The Character Physically What is the character’s stature and build? Are they overweight or lean? What is their height and weight? She is 5'5" and weighs 130 pounds 2. How old are they? She is 15 3. Describe their posture; is it good? Do they carry themselves well? Are they crooked, straight, or handicapped? She has amazing posture 4. Are they in good shape or out of condition? Are they muscular, weak, or strong? Any special abilities or super powers? She is not strong but is not helplessly weak. 5. How is their health? Any illnesses or conditions? She has great health 6. Are they physically active or sedentary? A fast or slow mover? She run around out side a lot 7. Are they clumsy, awkward, or graceful when they move, walk, or run? Graceful 8. Would you describe the character as good looking, pretty, beautiful, average, plain, ugly, disfigured? Beautiful 9. How does the character regard their physicality? Are they proud, ashamed? Proud 10. Describe their complexion and skin. Dark, light, clear, marked, tattooed, branded? She is a little tan but still very pale even though she is always out in the sun 11. Describe their hair, coloring, styling. Is great care taken in upkeep, or disregarded as a nuisance? She has long flowing brown hair that she leaves down almost always but if she puts it up it is always in to thick braids 12. How is their dexterity? Do they have good hands? Can they manipulate and create or repair? No 13. Is he physically tense or relaxed, nervous, controlled? Always relaxed 14. What part of their body would you notice first? Face 15. How is their eyesight? Wear glasses, blind, going blind? Color? She has average eye sight and he eyes are a light green eyes with a dark type of blue color lining them that makes them seem to almost glow The Character’s Clothes she wears mostly dresses with floral print 1. How many clothes does this character have? A small closet full 2. What kinds of items are in their wardrobe? Mostly dresses but also shorts and shirts and a few weird items that she never wears 3. Do they have favorite articles of clothing? Her favorite dress is a blue and white dress that looks like the on on wizard of oz that he grandmother made for her 4. What colors are their clothes, is there a wide range? Bright or dull? What are their favorite colors to wear? Mostly natural colors like grass green and brown some sky blue and a lot of floral 5. Are their clothes old or new? Both 6. Were they bought or homemade, hand-me-downs, expensive tailored-made? Some where both a few we're made by her grandmother and a lot were he mothers 7. Is your character at home in their clothes or uncomfortable? At home 8. Does your character care for their clothes, kept up and neat, do they worry about how they look? She'd leant really have any emotion for most of her clothes they are just something she has to wear, she does not care what she looks like 9. Does your character have to dress a certain way because of his job or position? Is it a uniform? If so, do the clothes fit their real, basic character, or are the clothes worn as a symbol or mask? No she does not have to dress a way for a job 10. Do they dress according to a self-image of themselves? Is this self-image conscious or unconscious? At what age was this self-image set, and what circumstances dictated the image? She wears a lot of natural things unconsciously 11. Discuss adornments, jewelry, or trophies that your character might wear. Are there tattoos, piercing, brandings, or ritualistic scarring, and what were the events, rituals, or circumstances that lead your character to having them. She later gets a scar that goes around he ankle that looks like a vine with thorns 12. What kind of underwear does your character wear? Umm the underwear kind The Character’s Voice 1. Does your character speak in a high or low pitch? High 2. Are they a loud or soft talker? Soft 3. Is there a wide range in the voice in volume, pitch, quality, or is the voice consistent and even? It is a even voice and listing to it is relaxing 4. Is there good resonance to the voice? Is the voice throaty, chesty, heady, or nasal? Heady 5. Is there tension in the voice? Anxiety? Emotion? No 6. Is there an accent? Anything unusual in pronunciation? Emphasis? Phrasing? Nope 7. Is it a trained voice or just natural? Does the character try to speak well or just however it comes out? Just naturally she speaks very old fashion because she was home schooled and that is how her mother was taught 8. Is the speech clear or muddy? Do they mumble? Are they distinct? They are distinct 9. Is the voice comforting or irritating? Reassuring or disturbing? Are they self-conscious when they speak to others? How large a group could they speak to before they become self-conscious? She sounds relaxing, she could talk to any number of people if she had to but does not always want to because she doesn't like to be the star of the show 10. What is the first thought one might have after hearing your character speak? She sounds like she's whispering but it's not quite The Character’s Mind 1. Would you describe the character as smart, dumb, or na&iuml;ve? Smart 2. Do they think quickly? Slowly? Are they quick-witted? Dull? She thinks quick ish 3. What kind of education do they have? She was home schooled 4. Does the character possess a knowledge or expertise in a particular field? No 5. Is the character impulsive or deliberate in reaching conclusions? Would you describe them as being logical, rational, or emotional? Emotional 6. Do they think things out before they speak or blurt out the first thought? Think it through 7. Do they contemplative times? What occupies their mind when alone? She reads a lot of books 8. Would they be considered an idealist? A pragmatist? A dreamer? An idea person? An action person? An action person ? 9. Are they motivated chiefly by abstract ideals or practical rewards? Abstract ideals 10. Can your character tell a joke? She can't tell a joke but laughs at others The Character’s Emotions and Personality 1. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? Extrovert 2. Do they get along well with people? Do they have charm or charisma? Are people naturally attracted to them? She gets along with close to every one and yes people are naturally attracted to them 3. Do they have many friends? Any close friends? She has a few friends that live near her but no close friends 4. Would you describe your character as hot-blooded or cool headed? Cool headed 5. Do they have a narrow or wide range of emotions? Do they show, or are the emotions concealed? Why? She has a lot of emotion but she doesn't just Burt out crying about stuff she knows that it won't change anything to be sad 6. Do they indulge in emotional peaks, outbursts, or valleys? Often? No 7. Would you describe them as sensitive or callused? Sensitive 8. Is your character suspicious, cautions, trusting, or oblivious about people or situations? Trusting 9. Are they an aggressive or reactive person? Act or react? React 10. Do they typically take positive or negative action? Positive 11. In a dangerous or emergency situation, would they go toward the situation or run away? She wouldn't go running in but she wouldn't run she might try to avoid it but she would let it come to her 12. Is the character basically nervous or calm? Calm 13. Does the character have a sense of humor? Do they appreciate jokes? Can he see humor in any situation? Can they laugh at themselves? She likes jokes and can see humor in situations but does not tell jokes often 14. Do others find them amusing? Are they a practical joker? What do they think about tricks or jokes played on other people? She does not like pranks 15. Is their humor ever cruel? No 16. Are there any conditions that would cause them to be harmful, mean, or cruel to another person? Yes if she had to 17. Are they a loving person? Are they capable of relating to one specific person in a romantic way? No 18. Is the character loved by any other person, in what way?her mommy 19. Is the character romantically in love now? With whom? Is this a happy, rewarding or frustrating situation for them? No The Character’s Wealth, Power, and Influence. 1. Does this person have much money? Does it provide position or respect from others for him? No 2. Is your character generous or selfish with their money and possessions? Generous. 3. Is the character socially prominent? Are they prominent from wealth, position, office, family history, ability or accomplishment? No 4. Does the character rate high in the &ldquo;pecking order&rdquo; within their own household? Town? Area? Nation? World? No 5. Does this person wield much clout? Over whom and by what means? Ummm I don't think so 6. Can they command others to do their bidding, by word or manipulation? Later she has glamor or what ever that this is called 7. How do they get their desires? 8. To whom are they subservient? Is this submission willing or unavoidable? Um her mom n because she's her mom The Character’s Activities 1. How does the character spend their time? Out side 2. What does their daily routine consist of? Being home schooled chores and playing In the woods 3. What is their profession or work?none 4. What things do they really like to do? Hang from trees 5. What things do they hate to do? To do the dishes 6. What are their leisure time activities? Pastimes? Recreation? Playing in the woods 7. Do they play games? What kind? She climbs trees and stuff 8. Do they like to eat or drink? Does this figure largely in their lives? How important is it? She likes water the most and eats mostly fruit n veggies 9. How important is sex to them? What sexual activities do they partake in? Anything unusual or what you would consider deviant? No 10. Is sex a rewarding, enriching area of this person’s life or is it frightening, anxious, or frustrating? Is sex a positive or negative factor in their life? Negative The Character’s Favorite Things: 1. Colors? Grass green 2. Food? Green beans 3. Drinks? Water 4. Smells? The smell of wild flowers 5. Time of day? Morning 6. Season of the year? Spring 7. Books? James and the giant peach 8. inds of literature? What is inds ? 9. Authors? Tristen Webber 10. Places to visit? Her grandmothers house 11. Kinds of music? Classical 12. Musical instruments? Piano 13. Composers? Mrs Doughty 14. Metals; gold, iron, copper, pewter, etc.? Gold 15. Building materials; stone, wood, clay, tile, etc.? Wood 16. Fabrics; silk, wool, linen, etc.? Silk 17. Pieces of furniture? Rocking chairs 18. Plants? Raspberry bushes 19. Flowers? Roses 20. Trees? Weeping willow 21. Birds? Humming bird 22. Animals? Bunny 23. Fairy-tale? Little mermaid Character’s Fears 1. What things frighten your character? Death and something happening to her family plus pollution 2. Are they motivated by fear?no 3. To what extent are they motivated by fear; never, occasionally, usually, constantly? Occasionally 4. What would this character think were the three most terrible things that could happen to them? Something would happen to her family, pollution getting to the point it was Killing everything and death 5. What would they think were the three most wonderful things that could happen to them?Her dad giving her the rocking chair being able to help her mom and dad take care of there land and getting a pet 6. What is the one thing that your character would never want anyone else to find about him or herself? What are they hiding? The Character’s Religion 1. What are their specific religious beliefs? Do they belong to a specific sect or creed? Do they advocate that group’s beliefs?She believes in god 2. How important is religion to your character? Important but not a Maine thing 3. Are they pious, devout? She is devoted to it but it is not impossible for that to change 4. In what religious activities or rituals do they engage? What percentage of their time is devoted to it?she prays 5. How does religion motivate their actions or affect them? None