September 26, 2013

Inventing characters for our stories


ACTIVITY: 
  1. Write each of the silly sounds in the list below on little pieces of paper.
  2. Throw up the pieces of paper in the air.
  3. Pick up two or three without looking.
  4. Put them together and see what names come up.
  5. When you have come up with about twenty names you like, put the names in different piles: one pile for the hero (the protagonist), another for the villain (the antagonist), another for the sidekick, another for minor characters (who can be silly or boring or funny, etc.).
  6. Pick out the names of your story's main characters (about five).
  7. Imagine what the personality of each character is like just from his or her name.
  8. Do sketches of each character.
  9. Write down the description of each character's personality (underneath each sketch) using personality adjectives (click HERE for help!).
  10. Would some of the names you have made up also make great place names?

HOCK
TWOO
PLOT
FLAM
TRUVE
SLONG
STAVE
SLACK
ERTOG
PICK
GLAS
STEE
VASC
SCHLANG
TOON
STREE
GUM
LONG
STOW
TIC
FLI
DAS
MON
GREE
STINK
BIOUS
PAP
TROM
BRON
BLEW
FLEB
NEE
CLEN
BROOM
BLOOT
LEE
STINK
MOO
LON
STAV
DOW
HECK
GLER
ATA
FLAK
GLIN
ATA
FLAKS
GLEE
PLEEK
FROL
FLA
SHTAK
STOW
FUDG
PROO
STOK
WOOSH
TOWA
CAM
BLEE
DAS
GRI
FLI

+ add a few more silly sounds to this list!

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