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Patricia C. Wrede <pwrede6492@aol.com> wrote in <11kqjti28092441@corp.supernews.com>:
> 3. Pick three to four major characters out of your current WIP. For each
> character, do a one-paragraph description of whatever they're carrying in
> their pockets, handbacks, backpacks, saddlebags, or whatever, in such a way
> as to provide a sense of what each character is like. Do not mention the
> names of the characters, though you may use pronouns. Do not go into the
> backstory of the things, what they mean, or why the character is carrying
> them. Omniscient, necessarily.
I find myself wondering what people who are unfamiliar with them will make of these characters. (Comments, anyone?)
Turning out his pockets would reveal two shiny pennies from the current year and a quarter, as well as a small smooth white stone with grey veining and a receipt that has been through the laundry enough times to be illegible. His greenish vinyl backpack holds a narrow three-ring notebook with about thirty sheets of wide-ruled paper in it, all but three written upon, a pure white pigeon feather in somewhat poor condition, a cloth wallet containing a library card, a driver's license, and three one-dollar bills, a battered paperback copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Puck's lines highlighted in bright blue, and no pens. It would be possible to shake the bag enough to produce a copious quantity of crumbs of indeterminate origin; its front pouch contains a ziploc bag of carrot and celery sticks and a packet of sunflower seeds. A keychain with the text 'Results hazy: Try again later' printed on it rattles around in the bottom of the bag with a trio of keys attached to it.
The bag is heavy with books. There are two books with small 'used saves' stickers on their spines from the community college; one a physics text and the other a copy of The Thousand Nights and One Night. A paperback translation of Faust is wedged into the bottom of the bag and folded in half by the weight of the other books, primarily the the one titled Outline of Basic Electrical Engineering, which appears to be the only one purchased new. A thick dark grey three-ring binder is full of college-ruled paper, with a pouch in the front with an assortment of fountain pens and cheap mechanical pencils and a scratched 60-30 drawing triangle with the tip broken off tucked into the front pouch. The contents of the notebook are divided into sections with pieces of cardboard with holes punched in them; the pages that are used are covered with near-illegible scribblings in a combination of English, Spanish, and some sort of shorthand. Sometimes, there are diagrams. A thin leather wallet primarily full of careful financial calculations that are, when they are not crossed out, mostly legible is wedged next to the mangled Goethe at the bottom. There is a pouch hand-sewn into the inside of the bag containing a heavy switchblade knife with a well-oiled hinge and a very sharp edge.
Most of the heft of the bag is in spiral notebooks; there are three of them. One of them appears to be primarily notes for classwork, taken in a fairly neat, round hand, though there is scrawling on some of the margins in something far less legible. One is a collection of story beginnings and poetry, often with large swathes of the text crossed out and the surviving words recopied onto the next page. The third is blank. A folder stuck between the spiral notebooks includes an employee schedule with modifications done in pencil, a schedule for a local stable and a list of the requirements for trail riding, a course syllabus, and a list of props for a community theater stage production. The only other object in the main portion of the bag is wrapped up carefully in a large plain white handkerchief; it is a rosary made of rose quartz with a wooden cross. The wallet tucked into an inner pocket clearly once had a large daisy emblem attached to its front; the stitching has been picked out, and only the outline remains. In the front pouch of the bag is an identifying badge for a bookstore employee, an assortment of pens and two unmatched coloured pencils, a house key, a small smooth grey rock with a red stripe, and a small collection of black elastic bands suitable for tying hair back.
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oneironaut pointed out to me that if I put the name I'm adopting at the front of my established names, my initials will thereafter spell 'KHAN'. I think this is a winner.
> 3. Pick three to four major characters out of your current WIP. For each
> character, do a one-paragraph description of whatever they're carrying in
> their pockets, handbacks, backpacks, saddlebags, or whatever, in such a way
> as to provide a sense of what each character is like. Do not mention the
> names of the characters, though you may use pronouns. Do not go into the
> backstory of the things, what they mean, or why the character is carrying
> them. Omniscient, necessarily.
I find myself wondering what people who are unfamiliar with them will make of these characters. (Comments, anyone?)
Turning out his pockets would reveal two shiny pennies from the current year and a quarter, as well as a small smooth white stone with grey veining and a receipt that has been through the laundry enough times to be illegible. His greenish vinyl backpack holds a narrow three-ring notebook with about thirty sheets of wide-ruled paper in it, all but three written upon, a pure white pigeon feather in somewhat poor condition, a cloth wallet containing a library card, a driver's license, and three one-dollar bills, a battered paperback copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Puck's lines highlighted in bright blue, and no pens. It would be possible to shake the bag enough to produce a copious quantity of crumbs of indeterminate origin; its front pouch contains a ziploc bag of carrot and celery sticks and a packet of sunflower seeds. A keychain with the text 'Results hazy: Try again later' printed on it rattles around in the bottom of the bag with a trio of keys attached to it.
The bag is heavy with books. There are two books with small 'used saves' stickers on their spines from the community college; one a physics text and the other a copy of The Thousand Nights and One Night. A paperback translation of Faust is wedged into the bottom of the bag and folded in half by the weight of the other books, primarily the the one titled Outline of Basic Electrical Engineering, which appears to be the only one purchased new. A thick dark grey three-ring binder is full of college-ruled paper, with a pouch in the front with an assortment of fountain pens and cheap mechanical pencils and a scratched 60-30 drawing triangle with the tip broken off tucked into the front pouch. The contents of the notebook are divided into sections with pieces of cardboard with holes punched in them; the pages that are used are covered with near-illegible scribblings in a combination of English, Spanish, and some sort of shorthand. Sometimes, there are diagrams. A thin leather wallet primarily full of careful financial calculations that are, when they are not crossed out, mostly legible is wedged next to the mangled Goethe at the bottom. There is a pouch hand-sewn into the inside of the bag containing a heavy switchblade knife with a well-oiled hinge and a very sharp edge.
Most of the heft of the bag is in spiral notebooks; there are three of them. One of them appears to be primarily notes for classwork, taken in a fairly neat, round hand, though there is scrawling on some of the margins in something far less legible. One is a collection of story beginnings and poetry, often with large swathes of the text crossed out and the surviving words recopied onto the next page. The third is blank. A folder stuck between the spiral notebooks includes an employee schedule with modifications done in pencil, a schedule for a local stable and a list of the requirements for trail riding, a course syllabus, and a list of props for a community theater stage production. The only other object in the main portion of the bag is wrapped up carefully in a large plain white handkerchief; it is a rosary made of rose quartz with a wooden cross. The wallet tucked into an inner pocket clearly once had a large daisy emblem attached to its front; the stitching has been picked out, and only the outline remains. In the front pouch of the bag is an identifying badge for a bookstore employee, an assortment of pens and two unmatched coloured pencils, a house key, a small smooth grey rock with a red stripe, and a small collection of black elastic bands suitable for tying hair back.
In other news,
oneironaut pointed out to me that if I put the name I'm adopting at the front of my established names, my initials will thereafter spell 'KHAN'. I think this is a winner.
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Having said that...my thoughts on your question....
It depends on the character, and the narrative describing the content of the things mentioned. If the character is complex and intriguing, so most likely will be the things the person will be carrying.
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2. Very bright, and probably short-tempered. Impatient with people who can't keep up with him or her. Probably has fits of creativity where he starts and finishes projects in a short time by staying up all night to do them.
3. Has a strong sense of responsibility. Bright, probably quiet. She's the type on whose report cards teachers would always put "conscientious and diligent". Likely to take on more than she can handle.
At least, that's what I get. :)
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It sounds like a did a decent job of conveying the sort of people they are. :} Yay.