Creating Character

Creating Character

By Lyn Struble

​Developing CHARACTER

​In today's time, a lot of kids want to become writers when they are of age. And honestly any age is the right age. When writing a story you need to know how to develop your characters. Your characters may be friends, or enemies. They could even be animals. To develope a main character you must follow these steps.

The first step is to write down your ideas. Ask yourself questions like, "Do I want my character to be like me or not, and why?'​ Also think about how you will addres the character like name, age, and personality traits.

​My Ideas

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After you have a rough draft of your main character you can start analyzing how your character will look and act. Also, you can consider how your characters past and future will affect the story.​

Acting On It​

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Once you finally got it all down you can begin writing. You will have to introduce your character into the story and affect the character's actions, speech, and body behavior so the reader can read their personality. ​

​Writing

Once youv'e written about your character you should have a good feel of who they are, how they'll act, and what their role is in the piece of writing. You've officially completed the role of creating a main character.

Over Look​

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Multiple Select

Read the passage below, about how the character acts. Then select the TWO activities you think they would like to do.

Marco was always sitting in his room, his parents always yelled at him to go outside but he was never happy there. He liked staying in his room to paint, sketch, and listen to music. He had two twin sisters that were babies and he couldn't stand them. One day he didn't even leave his room to eat! He was too focused on art.

• He would like to go to a summer camp with kids his age.

• He would like to attend an art class.

• He would like to babysit for people around the neighborhood.

• He would like to be alone in a hotel room.

Multiple Choice

Read the passage below about how the character acts and select the one activitiy they would like to do.

Marinda is a kind middle-aged woman. She likes her small town and gardening. She loves kids and visits the schools every Monday to bring them treats. When she returns home to her empty house she smiles and grabs her sun hat. And out to the flower garden she goes.

• She would like to live in the city.

• She would like to be a teacher.

• She would like to have a kid of her own.

• She would like to live alone forever.

Characters

​At the end

I hope this lesson help you understand how to make a main character and how to read a character behaivor. I hope you have an amazing day and have fun learning!​

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