Daily Writing Exercise

Today's writing exercise is a character exercise.

The steps involved in character development (at least for my creative writing exercises) are:

1. Create a character outline using the random character generator
2. Develop some facts about them
3. Create a back story
4. Give them some contradictory traits, assign them a zodiac sign
5. Develop character imagery 
6. Describe their interactions with others
7. Write something in character's voice

Character Outline:

An overbearing 47 year-old man, who comes from a poor background, lives in a city apartment and tends to tell little white lies.

Ten Truths:

1. He's tall
2. He's overweight
3. He's divorced
4. He's is fearless
5. He tells jokes that are in bad taste
6. He's generous
7. He drinks too much
8. He plays the piano
9. He is nurturing
10. He is uninhibited

Ten Lies:

1. He exercises daily
2. He loves children
3. He has a pet
4. He cooks
5. He loves outdoor activities
6. He 
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Ten Odd/Bizarre statements

1. H

Contradictory traits

• He is the life of the party, but rarely socializes
• eccentric
• helpful

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

That is as far as I could get. Developing a character is hard! Hopefully, practice makes perfect. Or at least better.