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Challenge #170
Feb. 27th, 2023 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shivverToday's challenge is an exercise in character.
First, choose two characters that have very different personalities, or create two such characters, and identify a couple of those differences. For example, one character could be optimistic in outlook while the other is pessimistic. Or, one could be from a high social class and be rather snooty, while the other is from a low social class and is obsequious. You could even go with temporary traits, like one of them is pretty normal (for them) but the other is upset about something that happened recently and is snippy, touchy, or even outright angry.
Once you have your characters, expose them to something and have them react to it in a way that illustrates the differences in their characters. They could be entering a place they've never been before, or opening a gift, or watching a new TV show. Maybe a third character did something unexpected.
Focus on revealing these characters to the reader via actions and dialogue, rather than having the narrator telling the reader what these people are like or what they're thinking.
First, choose two characters that have very different personalities, or create two such characters, and identify a couple of those differences. For example, one character could be optimistic in outlook while the other is pessimistic. Or, one could be from a high social class and be rather snooty, while the other is from a low social class and is obsequious. You could even go with temporary traits, like one of them is pretty normal (for them) but the other is upset about something that happened recently and is snippy, touchy, or even outright angry.
Once you have your characters, expose them to something and have them react to it in a way that illustrates the differences in their characters. They could be entering a place they've never been before, or opening a gift, or watching a new TV show. Maybe a third character did something unexpected.
Focus on revealing these characters to the reader via actions and dialogue, rather than having the narrator telling the reader what these people are like or what they're thinking.
