Hey everyone. So now that everyone that isn’t our key demographic has stopped reading this blog we are going to continue on with trying to write. Now I understand that it is difficult to come up with a description of a new character off the cuff considering how there are so many good characters out there already, but thing of the characters that aren’t made. Everyone in your life is essentially a character in the grand scheme of things.
Now let’s test your writing skills. I want you to pick someone you know that you think is an interesting character and I want you to write about them. Wait, I see that you are clicking on Microsoft Word, yeah. No. Put that away. Pick up a notebook, a pencil, a thesaurus and a dictionary.

Now, instead of starting off with a superhero, we will begin with describing a real person first. I know that if you’re a really good writer, right about now you are groaning and saying “What is this? Why do I got to do this? I thing this is ridiculous!” Some of you out there who are not great at writing may be thinking this could be insanely difficult. Just remember that saying practice makes perfect. That is partly true for writing, but I would like to interject editing makes amazing.

Now lets get started on this:

1. Describe someone close to you. Include: physical appearance/features, others’ impressions, personality, and be sure to write something about them that jumps out at you.
   1. Write them in your own words
   2. Go back over your own words and search for descriptive words that are overly used (i.e. fat, skinny, happy, sad, etc.)
   3. Use your thesaurus to look up a better sounding word to replace the over used word with
   4. Look up the better sounding word in the dictionary to make sure it fits
   5. Change the word if it works, but look up a new one if it doesn’t
2. When finished put notebook away
3. Twenty-Four hours later reread your description
4. Ask yourself “Is this really who I say it is?”
5. Show this to people who know the individual described. What do they think?
6. Look at it again. Are you satisfied? Why? Why not?

Do you feel comfortable writing people? Try writing someone else, someone you feel strongly towards (hate, lust, etc.) and see if you described them. Practice, practice, practice.