Developing Stories Through Activities

After writing our character biographies, our class did an activity that increased our knowledge of our characters. By acting out our characters personality, we were able to truly understand how our characters reacted and felt about certain situations. Instead of just writing creatively about our character, we were able to connect with them in a way that can only be done through actions. When watching other people in character, I realized that characters with more depth drew my attention more than the usual ones. This inspired me to analyze my character even more and I realized I needed more complexity for my character to appeal to others. The more variety in a character provides for a larger reading audience that reads with a connection. One of the things I noticed was how our characters were one of the very few who chose to express a story with an object instead of a human. I personally think this will captivate the reader and add a somewhat comical feel to our historically based graphic novel. By developing our characters even more, my belief is that it will benefit our story greatly and make it become incredibly unique.