Hi everyone! It’s been quite
a while hasn’t it? I hope you’re all doing well and getting plenty of good
writing in. J So today I want to share with you a writing exercise
I came up with while doing some brainstorming for my current WIP. I recently
had the opportunity to do a group interview at one of the local retail stores
here in town. They brought in six people, including myself, and had us all interview
together taking turns answering questions and one of the questions they asked
us was, “What two words would you use to describe yourself?” I thought, Oh this’ll be easy! Piece of cake! ^^
Not so. Have you ever tried to come up with only two words that would wholly
encompass who you are and still do justice to your character? Well it wasn’t exactly
easy, but while sitting at my desk thinking about my WIP, I thought, What if I tried to use just two words to
describe my characters? It was actually a great exercise. I’m still working
on it for a couple more characters, but it really makes you think about them
and dig deep into what makes each character uniquely who they are. I’ll share a
couple examples just so that you can see a few of mine.
Charming and Elusive
Swarthy and Cunning
Adventurous and Delicate
Of course these could be a
little stronger, but you get the idea. Plus as you keep working on your story
and your characters change, sometimes so should some of their words, but not
all the time. In fact, because these words should describe the core of your
character, these words will rarely change, but that doesn’t mean you can’t fine
tune them a little more, not to mention that if you’ve got a seriously dynamic
character who changes during the course of the story, his core could change a
little too.
Try it out and see what you
think. If you want, share one or two of yours in the comments below! ^^ :D
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