NaNoWriMo 2016 Project

Day 3 - Protagonist Profile and Voice

Monday, Oct. 03
Required: Protagonist Profile ▼

Complete a character 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. 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. Add the profile to your character database (if applicable.) For more serious character profilers, here is an optional, very extensive template: "Character Interview / Profile Sheet"

I have created this for Taygen Campbell Kellar in my character profiles. "Taygen Campbell Kellar - Nano 2016 Novel" 

Bonus: Protagonist Voice ▼

Have your protagonist introduce themselves to us in first person using their own voice. Brainstorm ways to make their voice unique. Add the introduction to your character database (if applicable.)

Hi. My name is Tagyen Kellar... well soon to be Taygen Campbell again. I just left my... husband.... he was cheating on me... got the bitch pregnant... sorry, I don't mean to swear... that's not nice, but.... I hate being in this situation... feel like a such a failure... a failure at something that should never have happened. I tried to make it work, well I guess I could have done more... Carson said I was spending too much time on my teaching work. He never understood that I needed to spend more time planning for my students. It's crazy to walk into a class unprepared, but he'd say "they leave a 3:30. Why do you not get home until after 5 PM?"

I tried to do more on the weeks he was on nights... but I still had a lot to do.... being a first year teacher you have to do so much more than the more established teachers... and being an LTO... you do all the work, but don't get a lot of credit for it. You have to do extra to get noticed... so that your chances of getting a contract teaching position improve. It is very competitive...
He hated that I still hadn't got a full time teaching position. He figured I should be set by now... so he'd be able to give up Toyota and find something he liked better...

I was also trying to write again... started with Nanowrimo and wanted to continue... just... well, not with any group. I didn't want Carson getting all bent about me spending time on my interests... he saw no point in my writing... no instant money... no point was the impression he gave me so I opted to write instead of watching TV... which all meant, I wasn't watching all the stupid shows over and over with him... they bored me and I wanted to be more productive with my time. I think he felt I was ignoring him.

I know he thinks I should be doing a better job cleaning our place... but housework is so over rated... our place is tidy... it just looks a bit more lived in than his parents show place home. Who wants to live like that anyway?

I had my suspicions about his faithfulness... I mentioned it to our counsellor... finding out he really had been doing it with someone else... and getting her pregnant! That was the last straw. I am not taking any more of his crap. No more blaming me for things not working... this is unforgivable.

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