"So tell me about yourself."
I'm interviewing the characters in my book. It's pretty fun because I'm on both sides of the microphone. After the preliminaries (name, birthday, what do you look like) I get personal. Here's a sample of my questions:
The final question is, "What is your problem?" And then, like smart people everywhere, they always follow my advice!
- What do you smell like? Horse sweat? BO? Evening in Paris?
- How do you spend your money? Are you thrifty, cheap, generous, or impulsive?
- By the way, how much money do you have? Did you earn it, inherit it, steal it, find it?
- What do you really think of your mother-in-law? Your best friend? Your boss?
- Are you having an affair? Should I mention it to anyone?
- What is a normal day like for you?
- Absent-minded
- Abrasive
- Annoying
- Busy
- Critical
- Decisive
- Dowdy
- Fidgety
- Impulsive
- Insolent
- Jealous
- Moody
- Naive
- Obscene
- Paranoid
- Rebellious
- Resiliant
- Sarcastic
- Serene
- Self-righteous
- Vain
- Wholesome
- Wicked
- Worldly
- Zany
The final question is, "What is your problem?" And then, like smart people everywhere, they always follow my advice!
What a great bunch of characters.
Now it's your turn:
Now it's your turn:
- Choose three numbers between one and six.
- Go back to the list of personality traits and see what you've picked.
- In a short paragraph describe a person with those traits, without using those words.
2 comments:
I am sort of in the middle of this, too. I'm studying my character, Cecily, in The Importance of Being Earnest. I love character analysis.
What a fun exercise. I so admire your talent to write!
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