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OC Asks for Adult Fiction Writers

I thought it was high time a version of this for adult writers with adult characters existed on this website.

Feel free to share your own or reblog to see which questions your followers ask.

1. Share a short summary about your character’s background.

2. What does your character do for a living, and how did he/she end up in that line of work or profession?

3. What’s one way your character has changed in each stage of his/her life so far (from childhood, adolescence, and to adulthood)?

4. What is your character’s current relationship with his/her family?

5. What does your character’s social circle look like?

6. Describe one prominent relationship–familial, platonic, professional, or romantic–that has significantly impacted your character’s life.

7. Does your character have much dating experience? Why or why not?

8. Does your character have a work-life balance? If so, how does he/she achieve it?

9. What does your character do to stay healthy? This can include mental, physical, social, or spiritual health.

10. Does your character have any special abilities, skills, or talents? How did your character develop or fine-tune them?

11. Does your character’s area of expertise play a role in his or her personal or professional life?

12. Does your character have any artistic or musical talents?

13. What would your character consider to be the hardest life lesson he or she has learned so far?

14. How has your character’s upbringing shaped his or her current perspectives? How does your character’s perspective differ from that upbringing?

15. What would your character consider to be a perfect day?

16. What’s one deeply-rooted fear your character has and why?

17. What values does your character hold closest to heart?

18. Who is your character’s greatest and most trusted confidant(e) and why?

19. Provide a detailed physical description of your character including hair color (if applicable), eye color, facial features, personal style, etc.

20. If your character were writing a letter to his/her younger self, what would he/she consider the most important thing to include?

21. Does your character prefer any particular season (spring, summer, fall, or winter) over the other? Why or why not?

22. Which color do you think best suits your character’s demeanor?

23. What does your character most prefer to spend money or time on? If your character is very frugal with money, what might the exception to that rule be?

24. Does your character enjoy reading? If so, which book that exists in our world might he or she enjoy?

25. If your character had a Spotify or similar playlist that perfectly described him/her, what might be on it?

Happy writing, everyone!

I just want to point out that this is Paul Karmiryan, who played Adam in Along for the Ride.

The transcript of the phone call from Todd Beamer, a passenger aboard Flight 93

Todd: Hello… Operator…listen to me…I can’t speak very loud. – This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation here….Our plane has been hijacked…..can you understand me?

Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand… Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone?

Todd: No

Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane?

Todd: There are three that we know of.

Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have?

Todd: Yes…. they don’t have guns….they have knives – they took over the plane with knives.

Lisa: Do you mean…like steak knives?

Todd: No, these are razor knives…like box cutters.

Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?

Todd: No…..I don’t know. They sound like they’re from the mid-east.

Lisa: Have they said what they want?

Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet.

He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport… It was very broken English, and… I’m telling you…it sounded fake!

Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.

Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.

Lisa: Ok Todd….my name is Lisa…Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket.

Todd: It’s United Flight 93.

Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened?

Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up. front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind.

Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open?

Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them.

Lisa: Has anyone been injured?

Todd: Yes, ..they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There’s been lots of shouting. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded.

Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd?

Todd: He’s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane……….oh Jesus.. Help!

Lisa: Todd….are you ok? Tell me what’s happening!

Todd: Hello…..We’re going down….I think we’re going to crash……Wait – wait a minute. No, we’re leveling off….we’re ok. I think we may be turning around…..That’s it – we changed directions. Do you hear me….we’re flying east again.

Lisa: Ok Todd…. What’s going on with the other passengers?

Todd: Everyone is… really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center……Lisa is that true??

Lisa: Todd…..I have to tell you the truth…..it’s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.

Todd: Oh God —help us!

Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack….and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God…….Lisa, will you do something for me?

Lisa: I’ll try….if I can….Yes.

Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Promise me you’ll call..

Lisa: I promise – I’ll call.

Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073…….You have the same name as my wife…Lisa….We’ve been married for 10 years. She’s pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love her…….(choking up)..I’ll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys.. David, he’s 3 and Andrew, he’s 1…..Tell them……(choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12th…..I saw an ultra sound…..it was great….we still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy………Lisa?

Lisa: (barely able to speak) I’ll tell them, I promise Todd.

Todd: I’m going back to the group—if I can get back I will…

Lisa: Todd, leave this line open…are you still there?……

Lisa: (dials the phone..) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I’m a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93….Yes I’ll hold.

Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin.. I understand you have a hijacking situation?

Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.

Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?

Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course – it is now flying east.

Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson…I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?

Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference call…hold a mo…..

Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?

Lisa: Yes, I’m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.

Todd: The others all know that this isn’t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.

Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.

Todd: I understand…hold on……I’ll…….I’ll be back..

Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?

Goodwin: Not long ma’am. They changed course over Cleveland; they’re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.

Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. It’s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic….We’re not going to make it out of here. Listen to me….I want you to hear this….I have talked with the others….we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.

Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?

Todd: We’ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we’ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We’ll get them….and we’ll take them out. Lisa, …..will you do one last thing for me?

Lisa: Yes…What is it?

Todd: Would you pray with me?

They pray: Our father which art in Heaven

Hallowed be thy name,

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

And forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive our trespassers,

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory

Forever…..Amen

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…

He makes me to lie down in green pastures

He leads me beside the still waters

He restores my soul

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for His name’s sake

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil, for thou art with me…..

Todd: (softer) God help me…Jesus help me….(clears throat and louder)

Are you guys ready?……..

Let’s Roll……………………

#9/11

anokiestateofmind

At my core I’ve always been patriotic. A love of home, of family, and of country have always been intertwined for me, and I remember details. I remember the conversation I had with my mom the morning of, not knowing that anything would ever be out of the ordinary that day. It was over breakfast, and for some strange and inexplicable reason, we talked about our country. We spoke of how fortunate we were to live in such a great nation, how free and prosperous even the most average man or woman could be.

I went to school and heard the rumblings. I remember the specific seat in the old elementary school that’s since become nearly unrecognizable. I remember seeing the flag in the corner. I remember the rumblings becoming murmurs of fear–we were simultaneously an agriculture and military town, with a base nearby where so many of my friends’ parents served. After a while the TV was turned on, and for the first time, I saw.

Buildings burned. Bodies fell. We saw the firefighters and police flying towards the chaos and disappearing into that dark and fiery void. Two planes had struck the towers. In Pennsylvania, regular men and women tried to regain control the terrorists had taken.

The aftermath was a whirlwind of pain and a type of unity that used to exemplify the American spirit even in the face of evil. It was one of sorrow and loss as our friends and families were deployed. Over the years that followed not all of them came home safe and sound. The scars that didn’t show were the hardest to comprehend at that age. But the valor, the overwhelming love, and the tenacity of a sleeping America roared to life again. Doing nothing was never an option, and there was no good option.

Yet as this anniversary of devastation rolls around again this year, there’s a different kind of solemnity that comes with an America I struggle to recognize. I see remnants of my home and the people who keep it alive and turning still going strong. But it’s more subdued somehow, and where in the past I’ve felt a love and unity erupting from the nation I’m reminded too strongly of the division and damage that’s been done from within. People talk differently than they used to. They act differently, and think and feel in foreign ways.

And none of them are good.

Even still, the everyday men and women of America will continue moving forward, holding to their values and the prospect of a better life where their children can have as much if not better than they do. Yet even in my lifetime, I’ve watched those freedoms and opportunities be stifled, and not from any external threat.

I hope I never see the day where that strong and proud America is brought to her knees without rising again and bringing hell with her. I hope I never see the day where she turns against her own people because of a select few.

E pluribus unum. We Americans are many, but we are one.

Here we stand, and here we will remain.

#9/11

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