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If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

I decided to try to sort my ideas and whats canon regarding my ocs with this and ITS PERFECT. IT ALL FEELS SO CONRETE. and i sure as hell AM Going to continue to use this with every single OC I have until google drives is set ablaze- Just!!!!!!!!

Sovya (Isaia): a mix of gardening updates and detailed demonstrations of how they take apart and clean their various robot appendages. Also Jeanne makes them do the “I did my girlfriends makeup” trend

Beck-13 (Isaia): historical information and social activism about the injustices faced by clones

Ethan (The Knocking): book reviews and literary discussions of short stories and journals

Olivia (The Knocking): Ballet At Home For Beginners (All Ages!)

Diamond (Paracosm): very earnest but poor quality videos of him explaining how to fix a hovercar’s transmission

Reed (Paracosm): I PRANKED both of my dads SIMULTANEOUSLY (UNDERWATER PRANK MUST SEE!!!)

Sila (Paracosm): suspiciously aggressive informational videos that hint at the vast web of drama that runs deep through the atombee husbandry community. Reed and Diamond are too scared to comment

Pirouet (Paracosm): all his videos have been deleted by his boss. cringefail

Girana (dnd): worlds angriest video game streamer. Becomes famous for how many times she ragequits dark souls before finishing the game

Elain (dnd): somewhere between kickthepj and itsamemyleo. whimsical, creative, crafty storytelling videos. Is the hot gf guest appearances on Girana’s channel

Dirk (dnd): a few older videos of him and a band jamming and improvising some folk music, but mostly deactivated. One music class that Leo convinced him to teach and record.

Blade (dnd): literally just full recordings of Skyball games from one singular camera angle, shot at 480p and with zero players mic’d up. They are boring as hell and have 4 views each. However he foes have one video of him doing a trick shot that got moderate views and he does brag about it to the rest of the team

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