character – Page 13 – Random Story Prompt

Crazy Cat Lady

Create a character that is that crazy cat lady you use to know. The important part is the write down the history that lead to that crazy cat lady.

What happened that to make her the way she was?

What did she do that pushed her to that situation?

Create a character that has something that he dreads to do.

What is this thing they dread to do?

Why do they dread to do it?

How do they go about avoiding this thing?

Create a character that loves the heat. Loves the heat so much that they will go into danger to get close to the heat.

What does the character do for a living?

Why do they love heat?

Are they always burning themselves?

What does the have a personality like the heat?

Create a character that has sacrificed all parts of their body to become more powerful.

Why have they had to sacrifice parts of there body?

Is is by technology, magic, or something else?

Create a character that is a monster.

Create a character that is a super hero.

Brainstorm ideas for the next story, but start with the characters not the plot.

How would building the characters change a story versus writing a plot?

What can be had by this exercise?

What kind of story can you build if you only have a set of characters?

Create a character from the image below.

What is the character’s beliefs?

What is the character’s family like?

Create a character that is addicted to danger.

Why are they addicted to Danger?

Create a character that is a mythological creature that is the opposite sex than the sex they normally are portrayed as.

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