CLASS #3 Characterizations
Characterization- need to be believable and relatable
Antagonist- opposite of protagonist
No character all evil or all good (need to be relatable)
Antagonists are people too
ALL CHARACTERS
Physical
Name: Brook Young
Nickname: none
DOB > age: September 21st, 16
Appearance: dark hair and eyes. short 5"3' athletic build
Internal
Dialect
Slang/style
Disabilities:
Role: main character
Key relationships of character: n/a
What they are afraid of : trusting anyone,
Skills: knife and gun, cooking,
Faith: spiritualist
Bad habits / vice:
untrusting, smoking
Quirk: ignores the world when reading
Personality: quiet reserved, manipulative,
Backstory
Birth: father is unknown born in hospital
Weekend:
Family : deceased (as far as known)
Saw her mother killed in front of her at 6 years old
Goals / Motivation: wants to get back at man who killed her father
Experience:
Unusual / Set apart
Refuses to trust anyone
Keeps mothers necklace on her at all times
Setting-What? When? Where? -But is there more to setting?
• 2016, place, historical period *5 Senses* setting POV 1st – "I"
-sight 2nd = you
• Environment -smell character 3rd –
-sound 3rd omniscient
• Location, geography, -texture close 3rd
, building -taste
Exposition
Inciting incident:
Murder of mother and search for killer
Setting:
Main characters:
Brook Young
Killer
Mother
Point of view:
First or Third person
Rising action
Search for mother's murderer and why she was killed
Climax
Finds out who killer really is and why mother was killed
Falling action
Confrontation with killer and real reason mother was killed comes out
Resolution
Conflict:
Brook vs killer
Point of view:
1st person – My father always... Pros – inside their head
I always understood Cons – limited to just that character
3rd person – Omniscient "All Knowing" Pros – insights outside of main character
Close 3rd person Cons – don't get intimate look inside characters head
