I think all of us writers are guilty of having flat characters from one time or another. You think you have created a person full of depth just to find out your character is lacking personality.
So how do you give your character depth?
I like to look at the little things that make a character who he or she is.
-Maybe your character eats at a certain restaurant every Thursday night.
-Is your character left or right handed?
-What is your characters favorite flavor of ice cream?
-Maybe your character never ties their shoelaces, or they tuck them in their shoes.
-Your character's bedroom walls are plastered with posters of bands or artists he or she likes.
-What genre of music does your character like best? Does he or she enjoy listening to music?
-Does your character play any sports? Does he or she enjoy watching any sports? Does he or she think sports are a waste of time?
Please feel free to add your own pieces of advice below in the comments.
Shannon
I often sit down and ask myself this question: What do I believe in? There are things I think I believe in, but I am not sure if I do. I question everything all the time. I wonder if what I believe to be right is actually wrong. But there are some things that always come back to me, and I know for me, they are right most of the time. I have made a list of some of those things.
-I believe in loving one another unconditionally.
-I believe in treating people the way you want to be treated.
-I believe in doing what you love.
-I believe in the beauty of nature.
-I believe in a omniscient and omnipotent entity that created this world. The only proof I have for this is nature.
-I believe in reading every dystopian novel I can get my hands on.
-I believe in eating that last cookie if I want to.
-I believe that our individual souls are only a piece of a grand network. Each of us are connected through the veins of this network. Our souls intertwine to form one massive soul.
-I believe in love.
-I believe in living a happy life.
-I believe our souls yearn for connections with other souls.
-I believe our souls crave to travel. We all have wanderlust spirits.
-Shannon
For this weeks quote of the week, I decided it was time I share my favorite quote with you. Like with any quote, the meaning of this quote may be different for you than for me.
Many of us act like we have it all figured out. We know everything there is to know. What we believe must be right. We are set in our ways.
Socrates offers a different approach. He asks us: why not act like we do not know everything? What if we have our opinions but are open minded to other possibilities? What if we take every opportunity as a chance to possibly learn something new, rather than saying: "yeah, I know about that already." What if we act like we know nothing, so then we can learn and expand our knowledge of the world around us?
Even if we think we know everything there is to know, why not act like we have more to learn? None of us know everything. There is always more to learn.
Shannon
For this weeks Friday Movie Night, I thought I would pick an action based movie. I went and saw this movie in theaters, because my friend wanted to go see it. I watched the trailer and was surprised by how interesting I found it, since I am not a huge action movie fan. After seeing the movie, I was in awe. I was amazed by the cast, the plot line, the effects...basically everything.
After seeing this movie at least one million a few times, I highly recommend it. Oh, and a sequel is finally in the makes! I'm going to stop talking. Go watch this movie!
Shannon
PS. I have decided to take Saturdays off from blogging. Sunday will continue to feature a new Youtube video for the time being.
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