Characters
" First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him or her. " - Ray Bradbury.
The Pen. "I just want to write
a Great idea."
Ink : "I just want to
fuel a Great idea."
Two random Bears drawn by the Pen and Ink:
"We just want to direct."
Spiders make
wonderful
characters,
as do
socks.
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And there's
always
a story
that brings out
a character's
true self.
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Characters can
come from
anywhere . . .
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. . . in all ​
shapes
and
sizes.
Objects make interesting
characters.
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. . . and of course,
so do
dragons.
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Maybe frogs even?
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. . . and fish.
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Like the Zen Master Bear who loses his rake and his . . . cool . . .
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But characters
are best seen
and heard
in a good story.
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Or the story about a very timid girl, named Ava who gets on the wrong bus to go home,
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She is way too shy to tell the truth to anybody,
especially the intimidating bus driver named Myrtle.​
( Who is actually a nice lady.)
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Terribly
embarrassed
that she has
made this mistake,
Ava pretends
to know exactly
where she
is going.
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She tries to summon the courage
to do the right thing, but just can't.
So she carries her secret to parts unknown, full of adventure
and new people .
She meets a girl
like herself who is
even more shy and
they become fast friends.
That's when she realized
she wasn't alone.
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There were others
along for the ride.
Like an interesting
kid from a farm
of all places . . .
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. . . and the two city kids who had funny stuff on
their phones.
Oh ,
and
what about
those two
weird
cats ?
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Eventually all her new friends
gave her the courage
to do the right thing.
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. . . but she still ended up in Cleveland .
Which wasn't so bad.
Are we having fun
yet?
