So あなた wanna make a character, eh? A character that actually seems like a real person, as opposed to a lump? (or whatever bad, unrealistic characters seem like) Well that’s great.
No really, that is great. Characters should be 3D, they should have layers, thoughts, feelings, motivations; basically they’re people, only fictional. あなた probably know a lot about character development already (if not, look it up) but here’s one もっと見る way to make your character seem real: quirks. Real people are weird, quirky; they have little habits that they find themselves doing, whether conscious または not, and good 3D characters do too. How to go about giving your characters some quirks? Well the first step is to think about the people all around you. Yourself, your friends, family, peers, that ランダム guy who took your order at McDonalds the other day, everyone has little things that they do. Granted, あなた don’t want to base your character all on one person (well あなた might, but most people want an original character), especially not yourself, but if あなた take little parts of different people and add in some of your own stuff, あなた have a character! What follows is a 一覧 of ランダム character quirks that should hopefully inspire あなた to start fleshing out your own character. あなた can take things directly from the list, use it as a jumping point to come up with your own, または just completely ignore it. I don’t care. Some of the quirks here (and the ones that you’ll come up with) might not even make it into your story. あなた probably don’t need to mention that your character’s お気に入り シャツ is a red flowered ブラウス from Target, または that they always sleep in the fetal position, but things like that are good to decide, so that the character starts to feel real to you. Now time for me to shut up and get on with the list. ;)
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50 ランダム Character Quirk Ideas
Your character...
1. Loves a certain food, possibly to the point of an obsession または fetish. (example: my character Aisling, and especially her genderbent form Ashton, LOVES grapes and グレープ, ブドウ popsicles.)
2. Taps his/her foot when bored または nervous.
3. Has a Rubiks cube または some other toy that he/she will often fidget with.
4. Likes to mess with または deconstruct words and the English language. (example: Robin from Young Justice likes to take the prefixes off of words)
5. Always seems to have untied shoelaces.
6. Likes to go around barefoot whenever he/she can.
7. Always wears shorts, no matter the weather.
8. Likes to randomly burst out 歌う または narrate his/her actions in song. (example: ディズニー princesses. I have actually met people in real life that do this, but not all the time and certainly not as loud または accompanied によって a dance number and 歌う woodland creatures.)
9. Randomly wanders または paces when bored, even at odd times (the middle of the night, in class, etc.)
10. Is good at braiding hair.
11. Has a very bouncy/springy walk.
12. または a very dejected/shuffley walk, and tends to drag his/her feet.
13. Likes to sit on the arms of couches and chairs instead of the actual seat.
14. Has a お気に入り comeback または catchphrase that he/she always resorts to (“that’s what she said”, “or not”, etc.)
15. Refuses to curse, period. He/she may also get upset when others do.
16. Is a total grammar Nazi, in 書く and/or speaking.
17. Hates slang and corrects people who use it. または あなた could go the other way around, and he/she always uses slang and informal language, even for formal occasions.
18. Tends to 宇宙 out while staring at someone.
19. Can do weird things with a part of his/her body (double-jointed).
20. Sees a dirty または sexual reference in practically everything.
21. Accidentally makes innuendoes without realizing it.
22. Has a bad habit of winking without realizing it (example: Danisnotonfire made a video about this)
23. Is a hugger (or just generally a touchy-feely person).
24. Hates a certain color. (example: many characters seem to hate the color yellow, and my sister can’t stand pink.)
25. Can’t stand being hugged または touched. This may lead to the character’s フレンズ teasing him/her または trying to hug him/her anyway.
26. Is extremely ticklish.
27. Collects mundane または unusual items (business cards, toothpicks, mutated candy, etc.)
28. Can’t くま, クマ to throw anything away.
29. Refuses to hurt any animal, even insects.
30. Always wears cheap sunglasses, even indoors.
31. Finds everything funny, and will laugh at every joke, even if the other characters (and the reader) don’t find it particularly humorous.
32. Always has to be snacking on something. (example: Wally from Young Justice. Of course, that’s due to his superspeed giving him an insanely high metabolism, but whatever.)
33. Is extremely gullible and falls for even the most obvious sarcasm.
34. Bites his/her nails when nervous.
35. Always has gum with him/her.
36. Likes to hide out in weird places (closets, under the ベッド または table, in a tree, etc.)
37. Can’t pour anything without spilling.
38. Can quote almost any movie または TV show.
39. Has a stutter, lisp, または other minor speech impediment. It’s a good idea to not write this out in dialogue, especially if it’s a lisp または unusual accent, as it’s hard for readers to decipher what’s being 発言しました if everything is spelled funny.
40. Has an unusually deep または high-pitched voice.
41. Owns もっと見る pairs of shoes than other characters think is humanly possible. または vice versa: he/she only owns one pair that he/she always wears, no matter the occasion.
42. Always has to borrow pens/pencils/paper, and doesn’t always give them back.
43. Always bumps into/knocks over things.
44. Knows a lot of useless trivia.
45. Is an extremely slow/fast walker. Or, he/she can never walk in a straight line and always manages to cut everyone off.
46. Always shreds things in his/her pocket または on his/her lap (napkins, scraps of paper, etc.)
47. Always wears colorful, unique, または mismatched socks.
48. Likes to use bad puns.
49. Hits on/flirts with every member of the opposite gender (or same gender...or both) even if he/she already is in a relationship. (example: Wally from Young Justice)
50. Always gets 名言・格言 and sayings mixed up.
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Those are just a few of the quirks that your characters can have. Feel free to use these または make up your own!
Stay whelmed,
Rae~
No really, that is great. Characters should be 3D, they should have layers, thoughts, feelings, motivations; basically they’re people, only fictional. あなた probably know a lot about character development already (if not, look it up) but here’s one もっと見る way to make your character seem real: quirks. Real people are weird, quirky; they have little habits that they find themselves doing, whether conscious または not, and good 3D characters do too. How to go about giving your characters some quirks? Well the first step is to think about the people all around you. Yourself, your friends, family, peers, that ランダム guy who took your order at McDonalds the other day, everyone has little things that they do. Granted, あなた don’t want to base your character all on one person (well あなた might, but most people want an original character), especially not yourself, but if あなた take little parts of different people and add in some of your own stuff, あなた have a character! What follows is a 一覧 of ランダム character quirks that should hopefully inspire あなた to start fleshing out your own character. あなた can take things directly from the list, use it as a jumping point to come up with your own, または just completely ignore it. I don’t care. Some of the quirks here (and the ones that you’ll come up with) might not even make it into your story. あなた probably don’t need to mention that your character’s お気に入り シャツ is a red flowered ブラウス from Target, または that they always sleep in the fetal position, but things like that are good to decide, so that the character starts to feel real to you. Now time for me to shut up and get on with the list. ;)
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50 ランダム Character Quirk Ideas
Your character...
1. Loves a certain food, possibly to the point of an obsession または fetish. (example: my character Aisling, and especially her genderbent form Ashton, LOVES grapes and グレープ, ブドウ popsicles.)
2. Taps his/her foot when bored または nervous.
3. Has a Rubiks cube または some other toy that he/she will often fidget with.
4. Likes to mess with または deconstruct words and the English language. (example: Robin from Young Justice likes to take the prefixes off of words)
5. Always seems to have untied shoelaces.
6. Likes to go around barefoot whenever he/she can.
7. Always wears shorts, no matter the weather.
8. Likes to randomly burst out 歌う または narrate his/her actions in song. (example: ディズニー princesses. I have actually met people in real life that do this, but not all the time and certainly not as loud または accompanied によって a dance number and 歌う woodland creatures.)
9. Randomly wanders または paces when bored, even at odd times (the middle of the night, in class, etc.)
10. Is good at braiding hair.
11. Has a very bouncy/springy walk.
12. または a very dejected/shuffley walk, and tends to drag his/her feet.
13. Likes to sit on the arms of couches and chairs instead of the actual seat.
14. Has a お気に入り comeback または catchphrase that he/she always resorts to (“that’s what she said”, “or not”, etc.)
15. Refuses to curse, period. He/she may also get upset when others do.
16. Is a total grammar Nazi, in 書く and/or speaking.
17. Hates slang and corrects people who use it. または あなた could go the other way around, and he/she always uses slang and informal language, even for formal occasions.
18. Tends to 宇宙 out while staring at someone.
19. Can do weird things with a part of his/her body (double-jointed).
20. Sees a dirty または sexual reference in practically everything.
21. Accidentally makes innuendoes without realizing it.
22. Has a bad habit of winking without realizing it (example: Danisnotonfire made a video about this)
23. Is a hugger (or just generally a touchy-feely person).
24. Hates a certain color. (example: many characters seem to hate the color yellow, and my sister can’t stand pink.)
25. Can’t stand being hugged または touched. This may lead to the character’s フレンズ teasing him/her または trying to hug him/her anyway.
26. Is extremely ticklish.
27. Collects mundane または unusual items (business cards, toothpicks, mutated candy, etc.)
28. Can’t くま, クマ to throw anything away.
29. Refuses to hurt any animal, even insects.
30. Always wears cheap sunglasses, even indoors.
31. Finds everything funny, and will laugh at every joke, even if the other characters (and the reader) don’t find it particularly humorous.
32. Always has to be snacking on something. (example: Wally from Young Justice. Of course, that’s due to his superspeed giving him an insanely high metabolism, but whatever.)
33. Is extremely gullible and falls for even the most obvious sarcasm.
34. Bites his/her nails when nervous.
35. Always has gum with him/her.
36. Likes to hide out in weird places (closets, under the ベッド または table, in a tree, etc.)
37. Can’t pour anything without spilling.
38. Can quote almost any movie または TV show.
39. Has a stutter, lisp, または other minor speech impediment. It’s a good idea to not write this out in dialogue, especially if it’s a lisp または unusual accent, as it’s hard for readers to decipher what’s being 発言しました if everything is spelled funny.
40. Has an unusually deep または high-pitched voice.
41. Owns もっと見る pairs of shoes than other characters think is humanly possible. または vice versa: he/she only owns one pair that he/she always wears, no matter the occasion.
42. Always has to borrow pens/pencils/paper, and doesn’t always give them back.
43. Always bumps into/knocks over things.
44. Knows a lot of useless trivia.
45. Is an extremely slow/fast walker. Or, he/she can never walk in a straight line and always manages to cut everyone off.
46. Always shreds things in his/her pocket または on his/her lap (napkins, scraps of paper, etc.)
47. Always wears colorful, unique, または mismatched socks.
48. Likes to use bad puns.
49. Hits on/flirts with every member of the opposite gender (or same gender...or both) even if he/she already is in a relationship. (example: Wally from Young Justice)
50. Always gets 名言・格言 and sayings mixed up.
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Those are just a few of the quirks that your characters can have. Feel free to use these または make up your own!
Stay whelmed,
Rae~
When she is older
Small white specks fly around in the blue-grey sky, the sun barely shown behind the dull clouds. 魚 swim underneath the translucent layer of ice that covered the small pond. Some trees are bare, shivering in the cold winter air. Others are covered in a thick green coat, staying warm even with the snow that they collected. 動物 are asleep, snoring in their caves または holes, resting themselves so they are rejuvenated for Spring. Snow continues to fall, dusting our cars, roads, and homes. The freezing weather frosts our windows, making them harder to see out of.Kids zip up their snowsuits and up into the soft snow, their cheeks turning ピンク as they smile and play. Adults shovel their driveway, making them easier for them to get out, as they watch their children make snow angels. Wind blows the lighter snow up into the sky, re-dusting everything they see.
