Create a character with a personality of your choice. This could be a character who is smart, funny and comical, anxious and timid, angry or frustrated, or just completely careless. The list of personalities are not limited to these. Explore the types of conversations these characters would have with people or other characters.
Assignment: What you guys will do is respond to each other and develop a dialogue or conversation among different personalities. This will be an evolving conversation. It is important to note that all harassment or inappropriate remarks or comments with the intent to insult or harm another person or get a negative reaction will not be tolerated. This forum is meant to be a fun and engaging place for you to experiment and explore ideas.
The format will be as follows:
First: Create your character and create a bios or background story of the character. A bios only should be about a paragraph to two paragraphs maximum. 5-10 sentences.
Character example:
Ada: Ada is a curious cat who always comes up with a theory for everything. She grew up in a family where they always told her, "Think before you speak. Reason before you act." It's always stuck with her whenever she went to class, whether she's at a celebration, or with her friends. She's very considerate of others, but she'll get under your skin whenever you push too far. One time, someone really messed up and tried to insult Ada and saying she was a bad artist in front of her entire class. Needless to say, she roasted them back by saying, "I don't know how that's possible since I got an A on mine and the teacher gave you an F for not even doing anything. What do you have to show for it? Exactly-- nothing!" The kid got so heated and embarrassed since his medicine was thrown right back at him and smacked the table in frustration. She's only like that if you really go that far with her. If you ever have a problem or situation, though, she'll give you plenty of insight. This one time, her friend came up to her with a problem about always attracting toxic and negative people. After days of hearing the same story, Ada replied with, "Have you ever considered that you might be attracting these toxic people because you keep engaging with them and enabling them to be toxic people around you? At some point you have to establish a boundary and not enable them to be toxic anymore. Do you think it may have been because you were always afraid to stand up to people in your family as a kid? If you overcome the fear of setting boundaries with people you care about and not worry about whether or not they are going to leave or blow up, you'll be on your way to getting rid of toxic people." Her friend couldn't have been more happy to come to that realization as it helped her out for life. That's just barely the tip of the iceberg for Ada.
Ada: I wonder how I'm going to cross the river...I've been thinking about it for a while and I can't seem to get across the white water.
Jezabel: Ada...I don't think that's a good idea to cross...I mean, do you really think you can? What if you get drowned!
Ada: Well, I figure if we find some rocks to stack or some wood to build a raft, maybe we can get across and get home faster instead of being lost in the woods.
Jezabel: But, how are you going to survive if you get in the water? Do you really think you're going to withstand white, raging water if you fall in!?
Ada: I'm not planning to fall in the water, but if I do, I have a way of swimming and using the current to make my way to safety.
Jezebel: Whatever you say...you always have an answer for everything, I guess. Let's just get out of here alive!
Once you've written your bios, start off with your character saying a line. Let your peers respond with their characters based on what you said. Go on to your peers' post and respond to theirs by going back and forth in conversation to see what comes out of the story. This is basically a mash-up dialogue where you see what comes out of it. Again, refer back to the intro for etiquette and conduct when responding to peers. We want this to be a friendly and fun environment. This is not a place to insult others or take things personally. Detach your emotions from the situation and think of it as a place of creativity and that these things are happening to the characters, not to you as a person.