Five Adjectives
Back-to-School. Baby Girl's teacher asked for five adjectives to help her get to know Baby Girl. I picked words like spunky, kind-hearted, quirky, artistic, gentle. If I had to pick them for Oldest Daughter, I would pick words like focused, mature, strong, loving, brave. If I had to pick for Oldest Son, I would choose five words like kind, sensitive, mathematical, quirky, curious. And then, of course, Demon. Words fail me. Lately they would be: naked, temperamental, mercurial, exasperating, funny.
Picking five for me is nearly impossible. Somehow, I guess, we can see the qualities of others better than ourselves. Sitting here, I have to grasp. Roll words around in my mind. In the interest of posting this blog this morning and not a week from now, I'll pick five: complicated, driven, spiritual, nurturing, passionate.
But what about our characters? What five words would I choose--and would everything in the book back up those words? How would the picture of this character develop? In Magickeepers, I think of Koyla as cynical (slightly), moody, brilliant, brave, and lonely. The key, as I go through this rewrite, is to make sure the book shows that.
Got five adjectives for your character? How about yourself? It's not easy to pick ONLY five. But try.
Happy Monday, all.
31 comments:
meh, I can't do myself, it feels too self-aggrandizing...like if I say something like "funny" it's like I think I'm funny hahaha (obviously) and then that just sounds wrong, so I'll do my husband instead:
dominant, smart, affectionate, exasperating, hard-working.
Ah, myself. Hmmm...
Moody. Exasperating. Kind. Responsible. Bright.
Oh, Erica, also, I replied to you again on the Mom and Me blog on the Room Mother thread. It's been awhile so I wasn't sure if you would check it again or if you were subscribed to comments.
My novel's character: risk-taker, ambitious, angry, focused, self-disciplined.
Myself: Just a week ago mother remarked to my sister: "Laura runs either hot or cold. She'll be passionate about something or just not care. There's no in between."
Zoe:
I know. Doing oneself is really hard--you definitely have to "own" the adjectives or it feels weird.
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Mark:
I am sure most of the people in my life would pick exasperating for me, too.
:-)
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Hey Zoe:
I just checked it out--and I pretty much assumed that was where you were coming from. I think it's ludicrous for anyone to think that about childless couples.
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richmond writer:
Hot and cold is me, too. If it's a topic I don't care about, I just can't force myself to like it/care about it. And if it's something I am passionate about, I'll focus on it 24/7.
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Myself? private, nurturing, funny, driven, realistic
Main Character? hopeful,accepting, funny, sharp, driven
Hmm...
Amy:
Twins, perhaps?
:-)
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Five for myself: tired, hungry, complacent and exasperated. (But that will change in five minutes.)
Character from current WIP: soulful, kind hearted, compassionate and cynical.
Shoot, that's only four.
Additional for me: blank
For character: devoted.
kath:
I have the tired one, too. All the time, lately!
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Preoccupied...
What was the question again?
I have a comment for the post before about musicals. Have you seen the movie August Rush? It's not a true musical but the whole premise of the story is based around music. I adored the movie.
Jude:
:-)
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Hi Suzanne:
Oldest LOVED it. So did Baby Girl and Oldest Son. A lot! I actually blogged ages ago about the SONG sung by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in it. I thought it was beautiful and have it on my iPod.
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I'm glad you posted this because I'm going to be working on character bios and this made me think. My 5 right now would be proud, insecure, impatient, impetuous, caring. They seemed more negative than positive so it really got me thinking! Thanks!
I'll have to check out that movie. I was told NOT to see that movie by someone. I was going to check it out anyway, but now that I hear that, I'm going to make it a priority.
Let's see: loving, giving, creative, hard-working, ambitious.
Those sound like good qualities. I'm not at all being modest when I say you can add "to a fault" to every single one of those!
hehehe Erica, yeah, but people are goofy. With overpopulation as it is, you would think people would be happy some couples don't want children.
He Ello:
It's funny, when you simplify it--just a few adjectives--things do jump out at you.
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Hi Spy:
I'll be honest. As a film buff, I thought the picture was . . . well . . . cheesy. Maudalin. But the music and the acting . . . it worked on an emotional level--especially for my kids. They loved it.
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Zoe:
LOL! Yes. You would think so. It's that peer pressure thing.
It's like people foisting marriage on everyone.
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hahaha OMG YES! "You MUST get married?" Why?
And of course in the case of homosexuals "You CAN'T get married."
Again, why?
I can't figure out why other people's personal decisions are such dire big deals to people not living that live.
Zoe;
Me either. And I could care less as far as my kids are concerned. Just be happy.
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