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| [b]A place where your character is living or visiting begins to burn. The character has a few moments to escape. What does he/she grab—save?—before getting out of the fire and why?[/b] [b]The character enters the room in which you are sitting. He/she sits down near you and places his or her left hand on the table or desk near you. Look at that hand. Describe it in as much detail as you can. Quickly. Go.[/b] [b]This may be against your nature, but let’s at least pretend you’re a real snoop. You have access to a wallet, a pocketbook, or a purse belonging to your character. You have an opportunity to go through it, and—being a snoop—you seize the opportunity. What’s in the wallet, pocketbook, or purse? Take the stuff out. Describe it. If there’s lipstick, say what kind, color, what kind of container. Money? How much exactly and how is it organized? Keep going into the details of the contents. Is there something about which the character would be especially embarrassed? If so, what? If not, what do you make of that?[/b] [b]You walk into a room in which your character is napping. Without waking the character up, you lean down, put your nose close to one side of your character's neck - just below the ear - and sniff. Describe what you smell.[/b] [b]Describe one meal or type of food your character really likes to eat.[/b] [b]Describe the social, political, and economic background of one of the character’s parents, one of the character’s siblings, one of the character’s friends, or one of the character’s rivals (defining “rival”—antagonist—in a way that makes most sense to you).[/b] [b]Describe one scar—it can be a very tiny one—on your character’s body and how it was acquired.[/b] [b]Describe in detail one thing your character would enjoy reading or some kind of text your character would enjoy examining—a text that might exist within the text of your story.[/b] [b]Your character laughs at something. What is it? Exactly why does your character think this thing—joke, event, sight, whatever—is funny?[/b] [b]You are invisible; your presence is unknown by your character. You are observing your character look into a mirror. Describe your observations.[/b] [b]“France.” Your character hears that word. What, if anything, comes to your character’s mind? Be as specific as you can.[/b] [b]“I remember…” Your character says or thinks these words. Now provide a list of at least five things your character remembers.[/b] [b]Describe one not-so-obvious, not-so-easily detected nervous habit of your character. Toe-tapping and drumming-of-fingers on table are probably too obvious, too conventional, for example.[/b] [b]A sound that’s especially pleasing to your character—what is it? Why is it so pleasing to the character?[/b] [b]What is your character’s middle name, and what is the brief history—if any—of that name?[/b] [b]Describe (compare/contrast) the way in which your character sneezes in private and in public.[/b] [b]Describe a piece of jewelry your character might wear or buy for another person or admire or dislike. (It’s all right to answer all four options, too.)[/b] |
