from Brittany's calisthenic here
Character Development Exercise:
Orange Shirt
I think sometimes you
only use the right chunk of your brain. Wearing your neon orange v-neck t shirt
with khaki pants and flip flops. Folding your arms because mama didn't give you
the dessert that your mouth was wet for. Stomping your way up the stairs like
Godzilla through the narrow streets of Japan. I have always wondered if you
actually like your own personality , or if you pretend to be someone else that's
frilly and quiet. Of course, this person would be your complete opposite. Just
like that orange shirt you are loud and begging to be seen. Sometimes I find
myself wishing you to Never-land where the ticking alligator could run you from
Goo Lagoon to Skull Island.After doing so, somehow, someway I find that I would
miss you. I missed you and your boom box of a voice, even though I would never
tell you that. Without you there would be no pink pajama coffee breath breaks in
the cricket nights. If you were gone home would be like Treasure Island with no
map to mark "X."
This was as far as I could write in class, and I didn't
edit it yet or anything. Now that I read it, it seems like a free write just to
get ideas down
My response:
I didn't finish mine either but I really like the idea of having a template from
which to create a character, similar to the template we used to create
interesting dialogue. These are tool I think I will be able to keep and use in
my future writing. Your character development seems very strong to me thus far,
and its ironic that we both got to the same sentence and stopped! I am going to
try to finish mine, I hope you get around ot finishing yours and then, use this
character in a story or poem! Thats the other interesting thing to consider -
what parts of the character you will imploy in your work and which parts just
help you to solidify the character in your head to keep you grounded when
writing.
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