Summerhaze

Off Topic:

I initially pulled this thread out of fear that private information might be posted publicly. On further review I think it will be fine as long as participants remember that post content is your responsibility. Don't post any personal information that you may regret later. Thanks! ~Foxee

Please, Tell me who you all, everything and all, be as detailed as possible.
you all say you're writers and all which is understandable. A writers job is to creat essential characters that through a series of events unfold a story that will change the rest of their lives, or aven the world. but do you really know what character you are. do you really know what your roll is and what you need to do to unfold a story in your own life, or do you hide in your fiction worlds creating characters that seem interesting because you're not. well it's time to find yourself, write yourself, make a character of your self.

Here's the plan...

NAME [Post a screen name or make up the name you always wanted if you are uncomfortable posting your real name ~F.]

DESCRIPTION

AGE

GENDER

HAIR

HEIGHT

EYES

WEIGHT

KEY TRAITS

OCCUPATION

GOAL

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL

FAMILY BACKGROUND

HABITS

EDUCATION

PERSONALITY(IES)

LIKES

DISLIKES

have fun with it, and maybe even make your own story with it. See reality, not imagination. And please don't lie or do anything to make yourself seem more interesting. Just be you.

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Non Serviam

NAME Stuart Marshall
DESCRIPTION White British
AGE 36
GENDER Male
HAIR Sort of brownish
HEIGHT 6'2"
EYES Green
WEIGHT 14 stone (196 lbs)
KEY TRAITS Often breathtakingly rude
OCCUPATION Local government officer
GOAL Have fun
PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL Do fun things, largely talking trash on forums of late
FAMILY BACKGROUND I'm a husband and father
HABITS Stereotypical writer addictions (caffeine, nicotine etc.)
EDUCATION Degree; assorted professional qualifications
PERSONALITIES I'm an iconoclastic and fairly unpleasant man
LIKES Humanity in general
DISLIKES Individual humans (almost always)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Olly Buckle The ways of the world are twisty and unknowable, the only way to be sure you are not caught out in something you regret is not to do things you may regret.

Loulou

That's interesting Non.... I'm the opposite - I like individual humans but as a mass, ah not so much.

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You attempt to pull four story lines together in two-thousand words and nearly pull it off - Eggo
We rarely buy unsolicited manuscripts, but my editor and I thought that this was a superior piece of fiction - Sunday Express magazine

RomanticRose

NAME Rosalinda

DESCRIPTION Multiracial female

AGE Thirty-something

GENDER Female

HAIR Long, wavy, black

HEIGHT Five feet

EYES green

WEIGHT 92 lbs.

KEY TRAITS Intelligent, irreverent, stubborn, selfish

OCCUPATION Author

GOAL Published author in non-genre fiction, preferably in the top spot of the NYT bestseller list

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL Write, edit, revise. Repeat ad nauseum

FAMILY BACKGROUND Orphaned at the age of 12. Bounced around in the state foster care system. Two brothers, in touch with them, but not really close.

HABITS Reading, drinking coffee, running, writing

EDUCATION Masters in Psychology

PERSONALITIES Hides behind intelligence and witty banter. Fundamental distrust of people until they prove themselves.

LIKES Good coffee, good books, intelligent conversation, that certain undescribable high when the words flow just right.

DISLIKES Routine, people who ask me when I am going to get a "real job", taller people who pat me on the head or just exclaim "You're so short." (Yes, I am aware of that.)

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inewton

NAME Cain

DESCRIPTION Not hideous, not beautiful

AGE 32

GENDER Gentleman

HAIR None (at least not on my head)

HEIGHT 6ft

EYES 2

WEIGHT Wait...

KEY TRAITS Curmudgeonly old fool

OCCUPATION Actor

GOAL To finish the london marathon in a world record time, and in a dead heat with my brother, however, that's not very likely, so I'll have to plump for getting my damned book finished!

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL Sit in the house, avoiding all contact with the outside world, becoming paler and lonelier until it's done.

FAMILY BACKGROUND On most photographs it's woodchip wallpaper. Oh and I'm 32 and I've been married twice... So far...

HABITS None.

EDUCATION School of hard knocks.

PERSONALITIES Personalities?! I only have one, and it's the coolest and most modest one you'll ever meet!!

LIKES Playing a new guitar for the first time.

DISLIKES Mangos. I detest them, in fact it would be an easier world if they didn't exist.

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Faultlessly trained on Thalia...

Wallmaker

NAME: Kay

DESCRIPTION: Usually a redhead. Pastey White.

AGE: 23

GENDER Female

HAIR: Longish now. Got to do something about that.

HEIGHT: 5'2" on a good day.

EYES: 2

WEIGHT: More than I'd like, but not enough to be scary or be mistaken for an earthquake when I walk.

KEY TRAITS: I have no library voice. People know me and know of me just by my voice travelling down the hall. Part of what distinguishes it the profanities I'm usually saying.

OCCUPATION: Grad Student and Writer.

GOAL: Make a living as a screenwriter.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: Get an agent when I graduate? Keep in contact with all my friends so I can ride their coat tails? Oh, also, persist and percervire?

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Divorced parents. Sister. Dogs. Birds. And a cat named Fauna.

HABITS: Walking, drinking, caffiene, driving in my '73 superbeetle (I have a tattoo of her), nail biting, coke zero, procrastinating, drawing, going to Disneyland.

EDUCATION: B.S. In Biology, BA in English. Minor in Chemistry. Currently getting my MFA in Screenwriting.

PERSONALITIES: Neurotic, ups and downs, creative, random, and kind hearted. Ambitious... very ambitious.

LIKES: Everything until I don't anymore.

DISLIKES: Cats who eat my banana bread.

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Shavixmir

NAME: Shavixmir

DESCRIPTION: Short, fat, bald, ugly, drunk and stoned.

AGE: 36... 37... I forget. Go figure.

GENDER: Male.

HAIR: hahaha

HEIGHT: 1m 70

EYES: Two.

WEIGHT: 88 kilos

KEY TRAITS: Hyper active.

OCCUPATION: Work is for horses and slaves.

GOAL: Maradona's against England in the '86 world cup.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: I have no idea what this means.

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Political refugees / left-wing activists.

HABITS: I like to pick my nose when nobody is looking.

EDUCATION: Yeah.

PERSONALITIES: Easy going.

LIKES: Marijuana, dry white wine, sushi, pheasant, wild mushrooms, cunnilingus, single malt whiskey, travelling...

DISLIKES: pro-life, republican, capitalist creationists. And Porridge.

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In Vino Veritas

R.R.Pearce

Sniper McGee

NAME: Sniper McGee/Bryce (Now did you honestly think I was going to give out my last name?)

DESCRIPTION: Drug and alcohol addict

AGE: 14

GENDER: Male

HAIR: Brown, just starting to get in my eyes

HEIGHT: Bout 5'9

EYES: Blue

WEIGHT: around 105

KEY TRAITS: Witty, Very sharp cheek and jaw bones (what most people remember about me)

OCCUPATION: Rehab

GOAL: To get out of this self destructive lifestyle

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: Stick to the program

FAMILY BACKGROUND: English

HABITS: Drinking, writing

EDUCATION: high school

PERSONALITY(IES): Outgoing, deep (or so Ive been told)

LIKES: People who accept me, writers, intellectuals

DISLIKES: people who judge me by my addictions



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Yeah, this is how Its been. I could write a whole book on the crap ive been through.

On second thought, I might do just that.

-Bryce out

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cinder and smoke

NAME: Sahar

DESCRIPTION: junkie, Goddess

AGE: 17

GENDER: female

HAIR: brown with red tints..wavy/curly

HEIGHT: 5'3"

EYES: very light brown

WEIGHT: 107

KEY TRAITS: i have very large eyes and long eyelashes and people never fail to keep telling me this, as if i had no idea. my facial features are very strong.

OCCUPATION: student or treatment facility resident wee

GOAL: to get on to college while not having to be hospitalized

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: eat enough to not die, no suicide attempts, no rash behavior...basically just continuing the road i'm on right at this very moment.

FAMILY BACKGROUND: 100% persian from Iran. i'm a first generation american. i live with my father after spending thirteen years with a neglectful grandmother and a clinically insane mother.

HABITS: anorexia and drugs, writing, napping on a schedule, listening to the beatles to no end. oh, smoking and coffee.

EDUCATION: currently a high school senior

PERSONALITY(IES): i'm sarcastic and rude, sweet and tender, loving and sexy, loud and insane, depressing and a mess, etc. think some something and then of its' opposite. i'm both.

LIKES: psychoactive drugs, good literature, music on occasion, snow and cold weather, gel ink pens, pens in general, french manicured nails, my bed, coffee, television, cinema, book stores, gum, interesting people, traveling, shopping, money, russia, iran, london, france, hair accessories, fancy notebooks

DISLIKES: hangovers, people being disappointed/angry with me, messy things, generic education institutions, sweet foods other than candy that does not include chocolate, being sick, tangles in my hair, looking ugly, being unprepared or late..i could go on and on

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"The vivid tulips eat my oxygen."
-Plath

Mallignamius

My contribution to vanity...

NAME Daniel
DESCRIPTION Irish descent, white
AGE 34
GENDER Male
HAIR Shaved (but mostly blond with red)
HEIGHT 5'10" (1.78 meters, or 177.8 centimeters)
EYES Blue
WEIGHT 145 lbs (or 65.7 kg) (adding weight while in training)
KEY TRAITS Recrudescent
OCCUPATION Production work that pays bills, but at a risk of zombiism
GOAL College education this spring
PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL In motion
FAMILY BACKGROUND Mostly skilled laborers, very few professional occupations
HABITS None
EDUCATION Some college; will pursue a science degree
PERSONALITY(IES) Still developing
LIKES Nice, mature, polite people; nature; science; white zinfandel; art
DISLIKES Drug abusers/dealers; pigeons; socials; eating; sleeping

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Rumrunner

NAME: Alastair

DESCRIPTION: I dunno. Scrawny white guy? The number one observation people usually make about me is that I never smile. Thats right, it makes my face hurt.

AGE: 26

GENDER: Male

HAIR: Darkish brown, in a pony tail.

HEIGHT: ~5'10"

EYES: Hazel, according to my licence (which is revoked, anyway, so I'm not going to trust it, much)

WEIGHT: ~130lbs

KEY TRAITS: Do bitter, sarcastic, and cynical count as traits?

OCCUPATION: A bit of everything. Boredom and routine are the two things I cannot stand in a job, and no job is worth putting up with them to me. So once they set in, I usually quit and go do something else. Right now, I'm working at a bookstore over the holidays. Before that, I was a Life Support Systems Engineer at the largest public aquarium between Chicago and the West Coast. Ever had a sumatran tiger lick whipped cream off your hand? It's pretty gross.

GOAL: I'm trying to start an independent film production co.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: Obviously, if I had that bit worked out right, it wouldn't just be a goal anymore.

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Sure, I guess. I mean, I came from one at one point. Most people do, as I understand it. My mother is English and my father is Australian, if that's what you're asking, though.

HABITS: Most people seem to be going the substance route with this, so... Alcohol. Used to drink upwards of half a fifth a night on average, trying to cut back these days, though. Clove Cigarettes (and sometimes, cigars). Opiates. Mountain Dew.

EDUCATION: BFA Film Production, BA Humanities. Yay, two equally useless and overpriced slips of paper that fully equip their bearer to ask, "Would you like fries with that."

PERSONALITY(IES): I'm pretty sure I have at least one, though some people might disagree.

LIKES: Scotch. Rum. Tequila. Port, Sherry, & other fortified wines. Old books. Painkillers. Tropical places. Pretty pictures. Girls I shouldn't. Orientalist, Romantic, and Pastoral poetry.

DISLIKES: Pretty much everything else.

Um, yeah. So I guess there you have it.

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"But as he gazed on truth his aching eyes grew dim...."
-- Byron, from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the First

WTFtat

I'm warning you... I'm boring.

NAME: Tatevik. People call me Tat for short because apparently, the extra two syllables are a hassle.

DESCRIPTION: Armenian. It's technically white.

AGE: Quite simply, seventeen.

GENDER: I'm a girl, goddamnit!

HAIR: It's dark brown. Unless it's brown. Unless it's dirty blond. The work of the california sun...

HEIGHT: 5'4" (with shoes on and my back stretched)

EYES: As brown as you can get.

WEIGHT: Um. Fat. And no, I'm not one of those girls who says "Ugh, I'm fat." and it's a total lie... No, I'm fat. And I'm sick and tired of fucking sugar coating it. I'm FUCKING FAT. I'm the kind of fat that gets heart attacks and diabetes. At least, I look like it. 'Cause I don't have heart issues and I don't have diabetes and I'm a pretty fast runner too... Fuck. 230 is just a number. (Unless you have heart issues and diabetes and you can't run without falling into a coma)

KEY TRAITS: I have huge pants. I just noticed it today. That my pants might be two or three sizes too big on me. I'm always scowling. Partially because that's just what I look like when I'm thinking and partially because I'm an angry person. No, I'm not actually.... Nothing bothers me as much as it used to and for that I am grateful.

OCCUPATION: I used to say I was "The Every-Man" Sounds way better than "none"

GOAL: To become like R. Kelly. Seriously.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: Write the longest musical satire known to man.

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Mom, Dad, Sister? They're pretty normal. It's my grandma who's crazy. She's tried to committ suicide about... three times now. Once she tried lighting my night stand on fire. Crazy bitch.

HABITS: Nail biting. Working on the school news paper. Saying words I'm not allowed to say.... Thinking things I'm not encouraged to think.

EDUCATION: The near end of high school. Crap.

PERSONALITY(IES): Sadly, I only have one.

LIKES: Words. Pens.

DISLIKES: Idiots...

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Shavixmir

You gotta love family!

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In Vino Veritas

Jocelyn

NAME: Jocelyn

DESCRIPTION: I got all of my father's fair Scotch-Irish looks.

AGE: 35

GENDER: Female

HAIR: Light blonde

HEIGHT: 5'3"

EYES: Dark blue

WEIGHT: A few more pounds than I want, but I guess the avatar is a close representation.

KEY TRAITS: Friendly, empathetic, thoughtful. A generally happy, easygoing, upbeat person. Puzzle-solver and semi-nerd. I'm also on the lazy side and have a terrible memory. Inexplicably, I don't remember half of my childhood. It's really kind of disturbing to me.

OCCUPATION: Office drone

GOAL: To finish a novel and own my dream home, a big log cabin in the mountains.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE GOAL: Quit procrastinating on the writing bit. The log cabin is in the works.

FAMILY BACKGROUND: A cookie-cutter, loving family. Mom and Dad married for 37 years and live, work, and play together. It's quite amazing really. Younger sister who is also a close friend.

HABITS: Compulsive internet/forums addiction, coffee, cracking my knuckles, leaving my clothes on the floor.

EDUCATION: Undergrad in English, law degree.

PERSONALITY(IES): See key traits. That about covers it.

LIKES: Sitcoms, good movies, the first glass of wine after opening a bottle, geocaching, hiking to a beautiful spot, word puzzles, writing, buffalo chicken, comfy pajamas, romantic or thoughtful gestures, making travel plans, cheesecake, coffee, reading an engaging novel

DISLIKES: Bitterly cold, dark mornings (and they're a-coming), pushiness, pretentiousness, sauerkraut, book snobs & movie snobs