Creating Your Character

Using the worksheet you got in class, create layers for the character in your mind. What are the details that emerge as the most significant?

Once you have a good sense of your character, create a scene which REVEALS him or her to us. Let their characteristics come out through dialogue, description, and action.

If your character gets out of her car to save a kitten from expressway traffic, we know something about her, just as if she laughs at the animal's plight and drives by we will also learn something about her.

Remember to SHOW us, not to tell us. Give your scene a title.