For today's storm short, I would like you to start looking at the personality types of your characters. Have you studied the different types? There are a plethora of different personality sites and tests on the Internet that you can use for free. For today's task, get inside your main character's head by taking a free personality test. Answer all of the questions as he/she would think, do, and react. Allow this to guide your character research and revisions. My hope is that this little character cleanup will provide consistency and believability for your story.
Messes. It seems they are everywhere. In my office, my bedroom, my classroom...I can't escape them! It is the result of being too busy. For a Type-A person, this is extremely frustrating to the point of breaking. Seriously, I try not to look at the piles to spare my sanity while running from one thing to the next!
For today's storm short, I would like you to start looking at the personality types of your characters. Have you studied the different types? There are a plethora of different personality sites and tests on the Internet that you can use for free. For today's task, get inside your main character's head by taking a free personality test. Answer all of the questions as he/she would think, do, and react. Allow this to guide your character research and revisions. My hope is that this little character cleanup will provide consistency and believability for your story.
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Carrie Charley Brown
10/19/2013 02:02:37 pm
I hope it helps, Kirsti! It may be more complimentary for middle grade characters and up, but it's worth a shot for us picture bookers, too!
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Carrie Charley Brown
10/19/2013 02:04:07 pm
Yay, Ashley! Thanks so much for stopping in! I miss ya! I think this activity will help create character-driven books! :) Have fun!
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Elaine Kiely Kearns
10/19/2013 11:51:03 am
I can sympathize, Carrie! Everywhere I look, I have a mess!
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Carrie Charley Brown
10/19/2013 02:06:53 pm
One mess at a time, right Elaine? It was so funny...at first I went to Google images looking for 'free pics of messes'. Then it hit me! Duh! I just wrote about my own messes! I have built in clip art for this post! :) I hope this post helps to at least clean up our character messes! Have fun!
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Carrie Charley Brown
As a children’s writer, and a teacher, my goal is to help you carry on. Sometimes learning is challenging, so why go it alone? Your journey will be more meaningful and comfortable with friends to share it with. Together, we'll get up close and personal with authors, illustrators, and the best of picture books. If we work together, great things will follow! Archives
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