Name: Anonymous 2009-08-09 12:05
Posted this on /r9k/ too. Don't know if we can discuss writing here, so this may be the wrong place:
Okay, not a writer here (studying history). My English professor wants us to do an assignment in which we help contribute these small stories into a larger story that is being written by this club or something. The thing will be published in the university newspaper/magazine/whatever and we're going to analyze these world of characters and how they can relate to each other (since they all connect to this central backbone story). So basically, we're given a 'character outline' of these characters he made up by himself and he wants us to expand on that character by giving him an interesting backstory. He also wants us to make him/her a dynamic character who changes by learning a lesson. What's more, the story have a really fucking short word limit. Implementing 'morals' into an incredibly short story. How do you think this is possible?
These are my character outlines:
- middle class, can be of any race, MUST be male, can live in any city
- helpful and friendly (fuck I hate these kinds of people). Isn't a 'leader' but overachieves to be useful to others
- fascist and controlling, wants people to not harm themselves, conservative and against individual rights
- young, can be of any age below 25 but above 18, so can be a college student, a graduate, a college dropout, high school student, etc.
- fate is ambiguous in the end (however I'm thinking about making him have a 'good end' and obtain a job to help others)
[will li¬st the details in my next post]
Okay, not a writer here (studying history). My English professor wants us to do an assignment in which we help contribute these small stories into a larger story that is being written by this club or something. The thing will be published in the university newspaper/magazine/whatever and we're going to analyze these world of characters and how they can relate to each other (since they all connect to this central backbone story). So basically, we're given a 'character outline' of these characters he made up by himself and he wants us to expand on that character by giving him an interesting backstory. He also wants us to make him/her a dynamic character who changes by learning a lesson. What's more, the story have a really fucking short word limit. Implementing 'morals' into an incredibly short story. How do you think this is possible?
These are my character outlines:
- middle class, can be of any race, MUST be male, can live in any city
- helpful and friendly (fuck I hate these kinds of people). Isn't a 'leader' but overachieves to be useful to others
- fascist and controlling, wants people to not harm themselves, conservative and against individual rights
- young, can be of any age below 25 but above 18, so can be a college student, a graduate, a college dropout, high school student, etc.
- fate is ambiguous in the end (however I'm thinking about making him have a 'good end' and obtain a job to help others)
[will li¬st the details in my next post]