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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Character Profile

                                                                                     

Hey Writers! Today I want to blog about the importance of a " Character Profile". A character profile is answering questions about your character. This process should be used when writing a script, book, etc.  I really didn't know about a character profile until I started my Master's Program. I promise you, it will take you FAR with your writing. It will help with develop and dialogue. Now I do a character profile on ALL of my books and my scripts too. With writing I notice that people have a lot of problems with story telling. I used to have this problem. I wasn't developing my characters enough or my characters. With the character profile, you have answering questions in the first person as if you are the character. I mean, for the most part you ARE the character but with the profile everyone is answered from the character. This can be VERY fun to do. You really get into character and talk about everyday life things. I have two character profiles that I want to show you but I will just show you one. The other is a lot longer with more detail. But, as you do your character profiles, add a picture to it that could be your character. That makes it fun too! I give my characters birth dates, zodiac sign, and even a BLOOD TYPE! Yes, I make my characters real like you and me!  Below is are two character profiles I did for one of my books Sweet Innocence...but I made a twist to it. So it's not all that my book is about but the characters yes, I just changed them around a little bit for this character profile. 




Character Profiles

My name is Aurica Daniels.  You may know me from my best selling book Sweet Innocence, but enough of that! Back to the matter at hand.  Let me just say that I just want to get out of this mental facility and get on with my life. Here I am 15 years old and my doctor keeps telling me that I’m 35 years old. I have places to go and people to kill. My father deserved to die when I was 15 because he raped me. But no one else knows that but me. They think he died of an hear attack, from a bad hit of heroin due to the marks in his arm. But little do they know, it was snakebite. Yea, a copper head snake. I’m glad he felt the pain that I felt when he violated me. I have got to get out of here so from now on I’m playing by the doctor’s rules. Ms. Aurica Daniels needs to get out on good behavior.

Name: Aurica Daniels
Age: 35 years old
Sex: Female
Marital Status: Married
Appearance: 5’8 Brown Skin, brown eye with black hair, dimples. I am a petite frame with curves. My posture is very upright and I wear suits on occasions and jeans. Wears high heels with every outfit. Aurica Daniels loves to wear MAC makeup and the different colors to match every outfit.
Mannerisms: My mannerisms are very business professional. I’m a high end famous author I takes my business seriously. My motto is “ Business first and then I can let my hair down and have fun.
Voice: My voice is soft most of the time but it can get a very devious tone when I’m up to something bad. Often times I say, “ I didn’t do it, it’s not my fault.” At least that’s what the doctor’s say that I yell out at time. See, having schizophrenia can be a bitch at times. You never know what will come out of the mouth sometimes.
Personality: My personality is very straightforward. I don’t take any stuff from anyone and if you aren’t for me you’re against me. No one believes that my father raped me so I oftentimes feel like it’s me against the world.  My flaws consist of lying. I really can’t tell the truth to everything now can I? My biggest secret is that I killed my father and if anyone finds out, I will go to jail. We can’t have that because I have to much to do when I get out of here. While I’m in this hospital I don’t have a lot of friends. I mean who wants to be around a crazy person all day. Well that’s all I have to say for now, but trust me…I will be back.



My name is Garie Daniels. I’m a lawyer and I love what I do for a living. I make really good money being an entertainment attorney and I can’t see myself doing anything else but. I’m married to a beautiful woman named Aurica Daniels and we have been married for about two years. She is truly my soul mate. I miss her very much because she’s in the hospital right now. She suffers from schizophrenia but that’s my wife. Although my marriage is on the rocks, I have been keeping a secret from her. I’ve been having an affair for about three months. I know it isn’t right but it just happen. My heart is still with my wife. I’m going to stop cheating when my wife gets home.

Name: Garie Daniels
Age: 35 years old
Sex: Male
Appearance: During the work week you can catch me in a designer suit, preferable Armani. I love to wear a nice suit with a Stacy Adams shoe to match. I always wear cologne. On the weekends I’m more likely to be wearing jeans lounging around the house.
Marital Status: Married
Personality: I have a real laid back personality when I’m not working but when I’m in the courtroom, I’m very stern and assertive. I’m loyal for the most part except for this secret that I’m hiding from my wife. If she finds out that I betrayed her, I’m afraid what might happen. The last thing I want is for her to have a setback.
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware.
Education: I graduated form Widener School of Law.
Family: I have a sister named Trinity and she’s my world. Although she’s 20 years old that’s my baby girl. I would snap if anything happened to her. I want to have a family with Aurica but we are waiting until she healthier with her condition.
Lifestyle: Aurica and I live in a beautiful five story house. I drive a Porsche and she drives a BMW when she is able to drive. We have an all white living room that no one is allowed to  be in. I like it for decoration.
Well that’s all for now. I will continue to tell more of a story later, but meanwhile I will pray that God has mercy on me for cheating on my wife. I do love her with all her heart. I just want her to get well so we can get back to our life as a happy married couple.

Discussion Question: What kind of characters do you like to develop when writing your stories? How do you get these characters born?