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ct. 3: - Character: Protagonist Profile ▼ Draft a profile of your protagonist. Include detailed information such as name, age, physical attributes, occupation, education, culture, religion, family, relationship status, personality, likes, dislikes, strengths, weakness, motivations and desires. Use Google Images to find an image of your character. The point of this exercise is for you to get to know your character inside and out before you write your novel. If you don't know your character, how can you expect it of your readers? Flesh out your pre-story character in detail. Keep in mind that your protagonist will grow in some way during your story. For more serious character profilers, here is are two optional, very extensive templates: "Character Interview / Profile Sheet" and "(Another, Very) In-Depth Character Profile" . Also, here is a "Traits List" to draw from. name: Randy Jacob Billings age: 22 physical attributes: 6 ft 4 in tall/ white with dark sun lines/ Dark brown hair (collar to shoulder length)/ Mustache/ Slender but Braud in shoulders. occupation: Cowboy/rancher education: completed grade school culture: western religion: Christian family: Lives with mother, Mary Billings, on family ranch. Father, Randal Billings, died when Randy was 18. No other siblings. relationship status: single personality: laid back and gentle, doesn't like to hurt a fly, great humor likes: fishing, hunting, and playing the harmonica. dislikes: dishonesty, bullies, dances, and laziness strengths: hard working, great at firing his gun, physically strong from working on the ranch every day weakness: pretty girls, loves animals to a fault, momma's boy motivations: to take care of his mother and to find a good wife to have a family with. desires: To raise a family and keep the family ranch in good financial standing. Character image: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zcs0jY5Utq4/hqdefault.jpg |