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Resources For Describing Characters

Physical Appearance

Arms

Athletic Build

Back

Butts

Cheeks

Chest

Chins

Curvy Build

Ears

Eyebrows

Eyes

Faces

Facial Hair

Feet

Fingernails

Fingers

Hair

Hands

Head

Hips

Jaws

Knees

Legs

Lips

Muscular Build

Neck

Noses

Shoulders

Slender Build

Sickly Build

Skin

Stocky Build

Stomach

Teeth

Toenails

Toes

Underweight Build

Character Traits

Affectionate

Ambitious

Bossy

Brave

Calm

Cautious

Charismatic

Clever

Conceited

Courageous

Creative

Critical

Curious

Determined

Diplomatic

Dishonest

Disorganized

Eccentric

Excitable

Friendly

Funny

Generous

Glamorous

Guarded

Honest

Impulsive

Independent

Intelligent

Just

Kind

Loyal

Manipulative

Mature

Modest

Mysterious

Naïve

Optimistic

Prejudiced

Persistent

Proper

Responsible

Sensitive

Sentimental

Serious

Shy

Reckless

Stingy

Stubborn

Talented

Thoughtful

Thrifty

Visionary

Wise

Witty

Worry Wart

Wounded

Talents & Skills

A Knack for Languages

A Knack for Making Money

A Way with Animals

Archery

Astral Projection

Astrological Divination

Baking

Basic First Aid

Blending In

Carpentry

Charm

ESP (Clairvoyance)

Empathy

Enhanced Hearing

Enhanced Sense of Smell

Enhanced Taste Buds

Farming

Fishing

Foraging

Gaining the Trust of Others

Gaming

Gardening

Good Listening Skills

Haggling

Herbalism

Hospitality

Hot-Wiring a Car

High Pain Tolerance

Knife Throwing

Knowledge of Explosives

Lip-Reading

Lying

Making People Laugh

Mechanically Inclined

Mentalism

Mimicking

Multitasking

Musicality

Organization

Parkour

Photographic Memory

Predicting the Weather

Promotion

Psychokinesis

Reading People

Regeneration

Repurposing

Sculpting

Self-Defense

Sewing

Sharpshooting

Sleight-of-Hand

Strategic Thinking

Strong Breath Control

Super Strength

Survival Skills

Swift-footedness

Talking With The Dead

Throwing One’s Voice

Whittling

Wilderness Navigation

Wrestling

Elemental Abilities

Miscellaneous

Voices

Voice Types

Speech Patterns

Speech Impediment

List of Character Flaws

List of Archetypes

Hairstyles

Describing Body Types & How They Move Around

Secrets To Give Your Character

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Hi! Could you talk more about "character development exercises", please?:]

Character Development Exercises

Character development exercises are writing exercises you can do to help you explore and develop your characters. This isn't a required part of writing or character development, but many writers find it helpful. Here are some that I like to do when I'm struggling to get to know a character:

Character Interview - imagine that you’ve pulled your character out of a story into the room and now have the opportunity to interview them. What questions would you ask them? What do you want to know about them that you don’t already know? What do you think the reader would want to know? What might be pertinent to the story that you haven’t thought about yet?

TV Crew follow around - Imagine you’ve dropped an invisible TV crew into your story’s world to follow your character around through an average day (even if it's anachronistic). Follow them from the moment they wake up until the moment they go to bed that night. What are they like when they wake up? What is their morning routine? What do they eat for breakfast? How do they get ready? What do they do throughout the day? Who do they interact with? What else do they eat and drink? What do they do for fun or relaxation? How to they make money or meet their basic needs? What is their bedtime routine like?

Letters or Journal Entries - Look at your character's back story, off-screen events, etc. and find something for your character to write about in a journal entry or a letter to another character. What would they say about this event? How does it make them feel? What do they think about it?

Use Your Character in a Writing Prompt - Look at some writing prompts and do one using your character as the main character. You can keep it within your story's world or plop them into a whole different world. Whatever works for you and your story. This is about getting to know this character in a different context than the events of your story provides.

Create a Character Mood Board/Aesthetic - Mood boards go a long way in mentally fleshing out a character for me. Being able to have a visual representation of their style, their vibe, things that are important to them, etc. really turns them into real people in my mind.

Create a Playlist for Your Character - I think playlists can also be a really great way to mentally flesh out a character in your mind. Sometimes, just having a particular song or a playlist of songs that makes you think of them gives them some dimension they wouldn't otherwise have.

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Happy Anniversary! 🌷🌺 Can I ask for...

Kevin Atwater

Smut

hands, blue, cabinet

I hope I am doing this right. Thank you!

This is perfect and thank you💜💜 I was worried nobody would ask for Kev cuz I am ALWAYS down to do some Atwater! Enjoy!

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“You need to take a break, baby girl.”

That’s all the warning you got. You could talk till you were blue in the face about deadlines and work, but Kevin had already scooped you up from your seat at the table and pressed you against the tall kitchen cabinet. He dipped his knees smothering you with slow kisses, tongue laps on your neck…his hands busy at your breasts. He cupped your sex, mm-hmm-ing at the wetness he found there. His thick fingers circled and wobbled until you shrieked your release down his throat.

“You still wanna go back to work?”

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is it a drabble event if i don't come in and request something for my husband-by proxy???? 😏

can i get Writer's Choice for Kevin Atwater with: soft, rest, slip

as always sending all of my love and hugs 💖

No, it is NOT! And bless you for coming through requesting this lovely soul! Enjoy!

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Oh. My. God. Nooooooooo!

Your eyes were wide, huge. You were sure the slip would ruin everything. Blazing heat washed over your face and neck as you sputtered out an apology.

“Kevin, I didn’t meant to say that! I’m so sorry! It just--”.

Kevin cupped your face in both hands silencing the rest. Drawing you up pratically on your toes, he chuckled soft and low. “Nah, it’s too late to take it back now, baby girl.”

You searched his eyes looking for rejection, and finding none.

“So, you love me, huh?”

You barely nod yes before he kisses you breathless.

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Happy Anniversary! 🌷🌺 Can I ask for...

Kevin Atwater

Smut

hands, blue, cabinet

I hope I am doing this right. Thank you!

This is perfect and thank you💜💜 I was worried nobody would ask for Kev cuz I am ALWAYS down to do some Atwater! Enjoy!

**********************************************

“You need to take a break, baby girl.”

That’s all the warning you got. You could talk till you were blue in the face about deadlines and work, but Kevin had already scooped you up from your seat at the table and pressed you against the tall kitchen cabinet. He dipped his knees smothering you with slow kisses, tongue laps on your neck…his hands busy at your breasts. He cupped your sex, mm-hmm-ing at the wetness he found there. His thick fingers circled and wobbled until you shrieked your release down his throat.

“You still wanna go back to work?”

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Here. Now. Please.

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