Character development assignment

Step 1

A person I know: my buddy Joel

Their qualities: opinionated, conservative, confidant, funny, personable, loyal

Step 2

A scene from life involving the person.

While at Port Fairy folk festival last weekend. Joel and another friend have decided that they are going to talk in cockney english accents for the whole night. There’s a stunning looking girl sitting near us, and Joel decides to talk to her… in his fake cockney accent. But as soon as she answers his questions he realises that she’s actually english. Joel quickly backs out of the conversation.

After the band we are watching finishes, Joel follows the girl out of the auditorium and asks her on a date. She agrees, and luckily doesn’t recognise him from previously. Later, we find out that she’s the pianist from one of the visiting bands.

Step 3

If he was:

• weather: a rainstorm at night


• an animal: basset hound


• a household object: dinner table


• a machine: a hammer


• a place: the sea

• music: that one song by Led Zepplin that goes WOMAN WOMAN WOMAN


• a color: bright orangey-brown


• a font: Bookman Old Style


• a fictional archetype: animal house style frat boy

Step 4