Describe your character in one word

heyjude · Apr 17, 2012

So I'm editing an older ms and one word keeps popping up for the male character... immune. He's immune to the lateness of the hour, the rain, the cold, the bombs, everything except my MC's bewitching smile.

So I wondered--if you could sum up your character in one word, what would it be?

Dechef · Apr 17, 2012

Curious... The cornerstone of mystery

DocBrown · Apr 17, 2012

You can decide if I'm right HJ.

I would say Faith is churlish. (Difficult to work with.)

And Chip is codependent. (Unhealthy psychological reliance of one person on another.)

kaitie · Apr 17, 2012

Hm....one word, eh? I'd say the new MC is easier to do this for: cocky. Sums him up in about every sense of the word. He's a little too impulsive for his own good, too much of a risk-taker, overconfident, all in a way that you know is going to get him into trouble one day.

Eddie was secretive. He kept most things about himself hidden and in a way had trained himself to hide and only show certain parts of himself to the outside world.

I'm still thinking on the other one. He's a lot harder because the words he'd use to describe himself are actually the opposite of how he actually is.

kaitie · Apr 17, 2012

DocBrown said:
You can decide if I'm right HJ.

I would say Faith is churlish. (Difficult to work with.)

And Chip is codependent. (Unhealthy psychological reliance of one person on another.)

Hehe. Churlish is great.

Icedevimon · Apr 17, 2012

Haha... histrionic. Edward is pretty darn histrionic.

Daddyo · Apr 17, 2012

Determined.

Determination · Apr 17, 2012

Tough

heyjude · Apr 17, 2012

DocBrown said:
You can decide if I'm right HJ.

I would say Faith is churlish. (Difficult to work with.)

And Chip is codependent. (Unhealthy psychological reliance of one person on another.)

Churlish is excellent, though methinks I see some improvement near the end.

Nice words everyone! Keep 'em coming.

My female MC, I think, would be best described with the word surprised. Pretty much all the way through the book. Poor thing.

DocBrown · Apr 17, 2012

Hey, a character's gotta grow.

Surprised. :e2thud:

That's a tough state to be in all the time. I'm not sure if it's funny or cruel. :evil

heyjude · Apr 17, 2012

Cruel. She's dumb as a stump but to be fair some pretty horrible things have happened to her...

WaveHopper · Apr 17, 2012

Obstinate.

My MC is an office worker. As I worked out the plot I kept worrying why a fairly ordinary woman would struggle against great odds to solve the crime and put the world to rights. She helped me out by possessing an unusual amount of sheer bloody-minded obstinacy.

Namatu · Apr 17, 2012

Let's see... dogged? implacable?

Right at this moment, I want to go with "tired." Girl gets no rest.

HistorySleuth · Apr 17, 2012

Kaitie maybe your "other one" should be described as an oxymoron

Mine would be clueless.

Logan! · Apr 17, 2012

Deceitful--to those he works with and for, to his romantic partners, and most of all, to himself.

Calle Jay · Apr 18, 2012

Enigmatic.

And that is all I can say...

Zelenka · Apr 18, 2012

At the beginning of the WIP? Overwhelmed.
Lot of stuff going on, a bit lost in it all and on the point of quitting. Different word by the end of the WIP but I figure that's what I should be aiming for. Character growth

heyjude · Apr 18, 2012

Calle Jay said:
Enigmatic.

And that is all I can say...

Those of you who point out character growth have excellent points. Makes me think...

muse · Apr 18, 2012

My new character, Cassie is...hmmm, not sure I know her well enough yet. Compartmentalized is the best I can come up with. She's tightly wound, that's for sure.

I'll have to torture that out of her.

John G Nelson · Apr 18, 2012

The one word to describe my main character would be: egalitarian

grizzletoad1 · Apr 19, 2012

Good ole' Mike? He's intense.

William K Elliott · Apr 22, 2012

Protagonist: Naive
Antagonist: Sociopath
Hero: Tough

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Bill

Describe your character in one word

Making my own sunshine

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been around a while

Is watching you

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Going home!

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standing on head, typing one-handed...

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