Creating Characters

Creating Characters

1. Showing not Telling

   • Descriptive Language
     • Adjectives
       • boisterous
       • intriguing
       • dramatic
     • Adverbs
       • quickly
       • haughtily
       • Swiftly
   • Metaphor
     • She is a walking dictionary
     • You're brain is a scrambled egg
     • She has a heart of gold
   • Simile
     • He is as tall as a giraffe
     • He eats like a pig
     • As slow as a snail

2. Archetypes

   • Sidekick
     • Four (Tobias)
     • Teresa
     • Olaf
   • Hero
     • Tris
     • Katniss Everdeen
     • Thomas
   • Recurrent in Fiction over the Age
   • Villain
     • President Snow
     • Voldemort
     • Darth Vadar
   • More than stereotypes
   • Guide
   • Victim

3. The Elements of the Character

   • appearance
   • Speech
   • Actions