So I was browsing the Nanowrimo website and I found this article:
https://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/172764338136/51-questions-youve-probably-never-asked-about
It contains questions I think are pretty awesome! I'd love to see what you all put down for a character! Heres the questions for you:
https://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/172764338136/51-questions-youve-probably-never-asked-about
It contains questions I think are pretty awesome! I'd love to see what you all put down for a character! Heres the questions for you:
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1. What does your character do when they think no one’s looking?
2. What’s the one thing your character would save in a fire (beyond the necessities)?
3. Who’s on speed dial?
4. Your character gets turned down for their dream job. What’s their second choice?
5. What would they tell their ten-year-old self?
6. Where would they want to go on a first date?
7. What’s the best advice they’ve ever received?
8. What’s the worst advice they’ve ever received?
9. What’s one physical detail they’d change about themselves?
10. When was the last time they were held? By who?
11. What’s their favorite thing about their favorite season?
12. Their wallet gets stolen. What do they do?
13. Prioritize: Love, money, power, knowledge?
14. What’s something nobody knows about them?
15. What’s in their fridge?
16. What (creature, object, substance) are they most disgusted by?
17. What’s their second worst habit?
18. What are the victory conditions for their life?
19. In the end, your character fails to save the day. Assuming they survive, what do they do?
20. Your character is charged with a crime they didn’t commit. What do they do?
21. Your character is charged with a crime they did commit. What was the crime?
22. What’s the 140-character version of your character’s life?
23. What important statistic would they want displayed above them?
24. What’s the first thing they would buy if they won the lottery?
25. What profession do they most respect?
26. What childhood injustice did they never get over?
27. How would they handle having a panic attack?
28. Your character is burdened with an inconvenient superpower. What is it?
29. If they died and could come back as any person, animal, or object, what would they be?
30. What’s the best meal they’ve ever had?
31. Where would they stand at a dinner party?
32. Who would they invite to the dinner party?
33. What makes a perfect day for your character?
34. If given the opportunity, would they want to know how and when they died?
35. What’s the one thing they’ve always wanted to do? Why haven’t they done it yet?
36. What do they tend to joke about?
37. What’s off limits?
38. Whose wedding would they cross the world to attend? Whose funeral?
39. What impossible choice did they make that turned out to be the right one? The wrong one?
40. Your character now has a hype man (or woman). What would they say to get everyone excited about your character?
41. What recurring dream does your character have?
42. What is the meaning of life to your character?
43. If your character wrote a NaNo novel, would they be a planner, pantser, or plantser?
44. What book does your character pretend to have read?
45. Someone takes undeserved credit for your character’s work. What do they do?
46. What controversial belief or view does your character hold? Why? Do they hide it?
47. Your character is at a theme park. Where do they go first?
48. What’s your character’s favorite name?
49. What’s the biggest compliment they’d give themselves?
50. How does your character feel about bugs?
51. If your character could hit a reset button on their life, would they?
1. What does your character do when they think no one’s looking?
2. What’s the one thing your character would save in a fire (beyond the necessities)?
3. Who’s on speed dial?
4. Your character gets turned down for their dream job. What’s their second choice?
5. What would they tell their ten-year-old self?
6. Where would they want to go on a first date?
7. What’s the best advice they’ve ever received?
8. What’s the worst advice they’ve ever received?
9. What’s one physical detail they’d change about themselves?
10. When was the last time they were held? By who?
11. What’s their favorite thing about their favorite season?
12. Their wallet gets stolen. What do they do?
13. Prioritize: Love, money, power, knowledge?
14. What’s something nobody knows about them?
15. What’s in their fridge?
16. What (creature, object, substance) are they most disgusted by?
17. What’s their second worst habit?
18. What are the victory conditions for their life?
19. In the end, your character fails to save the day. Assuming they survive, what do they do?
20. Your character is charged with a crime they didn’t commit. What do they do?
21. Your character is charged with a crime they did commit. What was the crime?
22. What’s the 140-character version of your character’s life?
23. What important statistic would they want displayed above them?
24. What’s the first thing they would buy if they won the lottery?
25. What profession do they most respect?
26. What childhood injustice did they never get over?
27. How would they handle having a panic attack?
28. Your character is burdened with an inconvenient superpower. What is it?
29. If they died and could come back as any person, animal, or object, what would they be?
30. What’s the best meal they’ve ever had?
31. Where would they stand at a dinner party?
32. Who would they invite to the dinner party?
33. What makes a perfect day for your character?
34. If given the opportunity, would they want to know how and when they died?
35. What’s the one thing they’ve always wanted to do? Why haven’t they done it yet?
36. What do they tend to joke about?
37. What’s off limits?
38. Whose wedding would they cross the world to attend? Whose funeral?
39. What impossible choice did they make that turned out to be the right one? The wrong one?
40. Your character now has a hype man (or woman). What would they say to get everyone excited about your character?
41. What recurring dream does your character have?
42. What is the meaning of life to your character?
43. If your character wrote a NaNo novel, would they be a planner, pantser, or plantser?
44. What book does your character pretend to have read?
45. Someone takes undeserved credit for your character’s work. What do they do?
46. What controversial belief or view does your character hold? Why? Do they hide it?
47. Your character is at a theme park. Where do they go first?
48. What’s your character’s favorite name?
49. What’s the biggest compliment they’d give themselves?
50. How does your character feel about bugs?
51. If your character could hit a reset button on their life, would they?
Questionare for Martinez DeLiam
1. What does your character do when they think no one’s looking?
Cry and drink. A lot
2. What’s the one thing your character would save in a fire (beyond the necessities)?
Probably a gift from a dear friend from high school.
3. Who’s on speed dial?
9-1-1
4. Your character gets turned down for their dream job. What’s their second choice?
A journalist for some online website
5. What would they tell their ten-year-old self?
"Don't go to the gay pride protest (on the date)."
6. Where would they want to go on a first date?
Probably a cafe
7. What’s the best advice they’ve ever received?
"Just be yourself."
8. What’s the worst advice they’ve ever received?
"Being gay is just a 'phase.' God will forgive you."
9. What’s one physical detail they’d change about themselves?
He'd change his eyes so he didn't have to wear those dang glasses
10. When was the last time they were held? By who?
Held by his mother after a nightmare shortly before he came out of the closet to her.
11. What’s their favorite thing about their favorite season?
Martinez loves spring.. Its nice out and normally theres no ice for his chair to slip and slide on.
12. Their wallet gets stolen. What do they do?
Get angry and stressed. Probably post up signs saying he really needs his money.
13. Prioritize: Love, money, power, knowledge?
Love, Knowlege, money, power
14. What’s something nobody knows about them?
He has chronic depression. Martinez isn't very open about this fact. He was on Prozac but after a while, he refused to take the medication.
15. What’s in their fridge?
Lots of beer, some meat, a few veggies. Only what he really needs.
16. What (creature, object, substance) are they most disgusted by?
His parents. Stereotypical religous jerks. He knows nice and open-minded religious folk, but his parents do not count among them.
17. What’s their second worst habit?
Not wearing his glasses
18. What are the victory conditions for their life?
To find happiness and love.
19. In the end, your character fails to save the day. Assuming they survive, what do they do?
mope for a long time, and then, maybe, someday they try once again.
20. Your character is charged with a crime they didn’t commit. What do they do?
Remain silent and just let whatever happens happen. Even if he didn't do this crime, he probably deserves pain.
21. Your character is charged with a crime they did commit. What was the crime?
Assault/Battery
22. What’s the 140-character version of your character’s life?
(I'll do this later)
23. What important statistic would they want displayed above them?
Nothing. Martinez would not be ok with that.
24. What’s the first thing they would buy if they won the lottery?
Surgery to get prosthetics of some kind for his legs? Bionics maybe?
25. What profession do they most respect?
Engineers. That stuffs complex!
26. What childhood injustice did they never get over?
His parents not accepting him when he told them he was gay.
27. How would they handle having a panic attack?
They wouldn't handle it per say. Martinez would just have his panic attack until he wore himself out and then he'd be embarrassed.
28. Your character is burdened with an inconvenient superpower. What is it?
turning Alcohol into water just by touching the container its in.
29. If they died and could come back as any person, animal, or object, what would they be?
A dog.
30. What’s the best meal they’ve ever had?
A box of mac and cheese with a good friend. It wasn't the food itself. It was the company that made it the best.
31. Where would they stand at a dinner party?
Martinez would sit (because wheelchair) in a quiet corner and avoid everyone.
32. Who would they invite to the dinner party?
A good friend of his.
33. What makes a perfect day for your character?
Good coffee, good health and tons of inspiration for writing
34. If given the opportunity, would they want to know how and when they died?
Yes. He'd probably want to know.
35. What’s the one thing they’ve always wanted to do? Why haven’t they done it yet?
He's always wanted to ski. Losing his legs put a damper on that idea.
36. What do they tend to joke about?
Dark humor-about his legs, about his life. He doesn't have much of a sense of humor. He's a very serious person.
37. What’s off limits?
Touching his legs, but touching him in general. He doesn't trust many people.
38. Whose wedding would they cross the world to attend? Whose funeral?
Possibly his best friend from high school.
39. What impossible choice did they make that turned out to be the right one? The wrong one?
Martinez was rose to obey his parents, so he rebelled and went to a gay protest. It seemed like a good choice but turned out oh so wrong.
40. Your character now has a hype man (or woman). What would they say to get everyone excited about your character?
"Martinez is an oddly relatable, sarcastic, grumpy character. He's totally interesting. Check him out!"
41. What recurring dream does your character have?
It was one he had while in his coma about an elephant chasing a lion, and the lion was chasing a mouse, and the mouse was chasing cheese with legs. Then they all fell into the void.
42. What is the meaning of life to your character?
The meaning of life is to find happiness and live as best you can by helping others. Martinez wished he could do this better.
43. If your character wrote a NaNo novel, would they be a planner, pantser, or plantser?
Pantser.
44. What book does your character pretend to have read?
He pretends to have read The Lord of the Rings. He read the first chapter and didn't like it, but he knows its important in fantasy soooo....
45. Someone takes undeserved credit for your character’s work. What do they do?
Martinez would get SUPER ANGRY. He'd yell, protest, and fight kicking and screaming, to get credit for his work.
46. What controversial belief or view does your character hold? Why? Do they hide it?
He thinks weed should be legal. Especially for medical purposes. He thinks it might help him feel less anxious/depressed. They don't hide it, but they don't exactly preach either.
47. Your character is at a theme park. Where do they go first?
The concession stand.
48. What’s your character’s favorite name?
Leon. Its just a cool name.
49. What’s the biggest compliment they’d give themselves?
Uh. I write moderately ok.
50. How does your character feel about bugs?
No.
51. If your character could hit a reset button on their life, would they?
Yes, he would. There's a lot of things he wants to change.
1. What does your character do when they think no one’s looking?
Cry and drink. A lot
2. What’s the one thing your character would save in a fire (beyond the necessities)?
Probably a gift from a dear friend from high school.
3. Who’s on speed dial?
9-1-1
4. Your character gets turned down for their dream job. What’s their second choice?
A journalist for some online website
5. What would they tell their ten-year-old self?
"Don't go to the gay pride protest (on the date)."
6. Where would they want to go on a first date?
Probably a cafe
7. What’s the best advice they’ve ever received?
"Just be yourself."
8. What’s the worst advice they’ve ever received?
"Being gay is just a 'phase.' God will forgive you."
9. What’s one physical detail they’d change about themselves?
He'd change his eyes so he didn't have to wear those dang glasses
10. When was the last time they were held? By who?
Held by his mother after a nightmare shortly before he came out of the closet to her.
11. What’s their favorite thing about their favorite season?
Martinez loves spring.. Its nice out and normally theres no ice for his chair to slip and slide on.
12. Their wallet gets stolen. What do they do?
Get angry and stressed. Probably post up signs saying he really needs his money.
13. Prioritize: Love, money, power, knowledge?
Love, Knowlege, money, power
14. What’s something nobody knows about them?
He has chronic depression. Martinez isn't very open about this fact. He was on Prozac but after a while, he refused to take the medication.
15. What’s in their fridge?
Lots of beer, some meat, a few veggies. Only what he really needs.
16. What (creature, object, substance) are they most disgusted by?
His parents. Stereotypical religous jerks. He knows nice and open-minded religious folk, but his parents do not count among them.
17. What’s their second worst habit?
Not wearing his glasses
18. What are the victory conditions for their life?
To find happiness and love.
19. In the end, your character fails to save the day. Assuming they survive, what do they do?
mope for a long time, and then, maybe, someday they try once again.
20. Your character is charged with a crime they didn’t commit. What do they do?
Remain silent and just let whatever happens happen. Even if he didn't do this crime, he probably deserves pain.
21. Your character is charged with a crime they did commit. What was the crime?
Assault/Battery
22. What’s the 140-character version of your character’s life?
(I'll do this later)
23. What important statistic would they want displayed above them?
Nothing. Martinez would not be ok with that.
24. What’s the first thing they would buy if they won the lottery?
Surgery to get prosthetics of some kind for his legs? Bionics maybe?
25. What profession do they most respect?
Engineers. That stuffs complex!
26. What childhood injustice did they never get over?
His parents not accepting him when he told them he was gay.
27. How would they handle having a panic attack?
They wouldn't handle it per say. Martinez would just have his panic attack until he wore himself out and then he'd be embarrassed.
28. Your character is burdened with an inconvenient superpower. What is it?
turning Alcohol into water just by touching the container its in.
29. If they died and could come back as any person, animal, or object, what would they be?
A dog.
30. What’s the best meal they’ve ever had?
A box of mac and cheese with a good friend. It wasn't the food itself. It was the company that made it the best.
31. Where would they stand at a dinner party?
Martinez would sit (because wheelchair) in a quiet corner and avoid everyone.
32. Who would they invite to the dinner party?
A good friend of his.
33. What makes a perfect day for your character?
Good coffee, good health and tons of inspiration for writing
34. If given the opportunity, would they want to know how and when they died?
Yes. He'd probably want to know.
35. What’s the one thing they’ve always wanted to do? Why haven’t they done it yet?
He's always wanted to ski. Losing his legs put a damper on that idea.
36. What do they tend to joke about?
Dark humor-about his legs, about his life. He doesn't have much of a sense of humor. He's a very serious person.
37. What’s off limits?
Touching his legs, but touching him in general. He doesn't trust many people.
38. Whose wedding would they cross the world to attend? Whose funeral?
Possibly his best friend from high school.
39. What impossible choice did they make that turned out to be the right one? The wrong one?
Martinez was rose to obey his parents, so he rebelled and went to a gay protest. It seemed like a good choice but turned out oh so wrong.
40. Your character now has a hype man (or woman). What would they say to get everyone excited about your character?
"Martinez is an oddly relatable, sarcastic, grumpy character. He's totally interesting. Check him out!"
41. What recurring dream does your character have?
It was one he had while in his coma about an elephant chasing a lion, and the lion was chasing a mouse, and the mouse was chasing cheese with legs. Then they all fell into the void.
42. What is the meaning of life to your character?
The meaning of life is to find happiness and live as best you can by helping others. Martinez wished he could do this better.
43. If your character wrote a NaNo novel, would they be a planner, pantser, or plantser?
Pantser.
44. What book does your character pretend to have read?
He pretends to have read The Lord of the Rings. He read the first chapter and didn't like it, but he knows its important in fantasy soooo....
45. Someone takes undeserved credit for your character’s work. What do they do?
Martinez would get SUPER ANGRY. He'd yell, protest, and fight kicking and screaming, to get credit for his work.
46. What controversial belief or view does your character hold? Why? Do they hide it?
He thinks weed should be legal. Especially for medical purposes. He thinks it might help him feel less anxious/depressed. They don't hide it, but they don't exactly preach either.
47. Your character is at a theme park. Where do they go first?
The concession stand.
48. What’s your character’s favorite name?
Leon. Its just a cool name.
49. What’s the biggest compliment they’d give themselves?
Uh. I write moderately ok.
50. How does your character feel about bugs?
No.
51. If your character could hit a reset button on their life, would they?
Yes, he would. There's a lot of things he wants to change.
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