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She is very kind, but in a tough-love sort of
way, so she will very rarely admit to it. Arynna is stubborn and a bit
short-tempered at times, but it doesn’t get in the way of her loyalty to her
friends. Make her mad, however, and she will not forget it easily. She can be a
bit clumsy, which is why parties are never thrown in places with expensive
vases if she is attending (anymore).
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In her spare time, Arynna likes to study martial
arts and her magic, borrowing a vast array of texts from the library to
practice and to learn. She also enjoys reading and the arts, and plays
instruments very well (though she will not easily admit it).
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Arynna hates when people make rude comments
either just because they can or because they do not have all of the
information. She is also bothered by people passing judgment about things that
they do not understand (and do not try to learn about). She also hates cooked
carrots.
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Arynna is afraid of falling from a great height,
and tries to avoid being whisked off by man-eating creatures for fear of being
dropped. She is also afraid of losing her friends, and will do everything that
she can to protect them.
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Despite the things that she does not like, there
are very few things that make Arynna angry. However, it is best to refrain from
threatening to harm the people close to her, or to say something insulting
about either her or her friends. She also hates when people lie to her, as well
as deception. Do well enough to get her truly angry, and you will deeply regret
your decision.
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As far as personality quirks are concerned,
Arynna does not know anything about her family (at least in the beginning of
the story). Most of the people around her, therefore, also do not know her
family background, even if they know who she is. She has brief glimpses of
someone who she thinks is her brother, but her lack of memory makes her even
more protective of her friends. She will let them lead their daily lives and
even let them get hurt, but she will not let anyone do serious harm or kill her
friends. She tries to find clues as to who she is while she travels and
performs her duties.
This is my first time checking out your Passion Blog, Ashley, but I love it! It's actually something I've done before (minus the drawings, though. I can barely draw a Thanksgiving turkey using my handprint, much less sketch amazing figures. But I digress). When I was in 10th grade, my creative writing teacher encouraged us to create characters and learn them thoroughly. She suggested keeping a notebook of random facts about them, and I followed her advice. I was so dorky: I scribbled for hours about my main characters' likes and dislikes, their favorite sweaters and darkest childhood memories. Unfortunately, I got so sick of my characters that I abandoned the project altogether. Since then I've become a discover-as-I-go kind of writer; I often start stories not knowing how they'll end or how the characters will grow. I try to sit back and transcribe as they tell the story. Sounds crazy, huh? I find it more fun and exciting, but it definitely doesn't work for everyone. You should try it sometime and let me know what you think! In the meantime, keep on drawing. I love looking at your work :)
ReplyDeleteI do that most of the time, but I find that it is easier to have a general idea of what my character is like before I write. There might be a point at which we overdo the amount of detail about the character before the story begins. However, I think that the best approach is to have the bare minimum written down (the dislike of cooked carrots was integrated from me- I am, in essence, a part of my character). After that, my character is so deeply rooted into my imagination that I let her take the reins and develop her story. It's rather odd to say, but I can sometimes read over something that I wrote and think, "Was this me writing?"I think I am neither one nor the other, but a strange infusion of both.
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