31 Days Of Character Development: May Writing Challenge
– You’ve all been really enjoying these monthly writing challenges, so I decided to do a small series of prompt lists for developing your longer stories. This month is character development, and the next month will be plot development and worldbuilding. I look forward to seeing all of your guys’ responses here using the hashtag #wordsnstuffcharacterdevelopment and over on Instagram, where you can tag me @ writingandsuch.
Days 1-10: Motivation & Behaviour
What does your character think they want?
What does your character actually want?
What does your character need?
What are your character’s recurring feelings?
If you had to write 10 rules or beliefs your characters follow, what would they be?
Write a scene in which your character’s past affects their current actions.
What are your characters fears and where do they stem from?
What is your character’s biggest secret? Why do they keep it?
Where does your character stand on the alignment scale?
What does your character have to lose?
Days 11-20: Physical/Personality Traits and Relationships
What are your character’s strengths?
What are your character’s weaknesses?
Find a face claim for your character and identify the differences.
What is your character’s ethnic background?
Write a short blurb of your character interaction with each other character.
List and explain your character’s positive traits.
List and explain your character’s negative traits.
Describe your character’s sense of style.
What are your character’s flaws?
Describe your character from the point of view of someone who hates them.
Days 21-30: Role, Impact, and Evolution
What role does your character play in the progression of the plot?
How could a reader relate to your character?
How does your character’s past affect people’s view of them?
To what extent does your character help the conflict resolve?
To what extent does your character worsen the conflict?
What are the major struggles your character is facing?
Describe your character in beginning vs. the end of the story?
What events play the largest part in changing your character?
How do you want your reader to remember the character?
What is the character’s overall impact on other characters and the story overall?
Describe your character’s backstory, “once upon a time” style
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