{"id":118,"date":"2013-10-14T22:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2013-10-17T02:02:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T02:02:59","slug":"interview-character-prompt-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/interview-character-prompt-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview character – Prompt #6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspired from “Character Profile” by Patrick Scalisi in the November issue of The Writer magazine. Interview your main character or supporting characters.<\/p>\n

If you have a fictional character, you can work with that.<\/p>\n

If you are writing about something that really happened, you can use those people as your characters.<\/p>\n

If neither of those work, use a photo . . . develop a picture into flesh and blood characters.<\/p>\n

For your fictional character:\u00a0 Interview him or her as a journalist would. . . but not at the age they are in your story.\u00a0 If they are older . . . interview the younger version of your character.\u00a0 If they are young. . . imagine what they might be like as an older person.<\/p>\n

For your real-life person:\u00a0 Same thing. . . have an imaginary interview of him or her. . . you can pick the age. . . younger if you know them as an older person.\u00a0 Older if you know them as a young person (someone from school no longer interact with, for example).<\/p>\n

Same with the photo . . . whatever age the person appears to be . .\u00a0 .interview him or her as an older or younger person.<\/p>\n

Prompt:\u00a0 Interview character. Main or supporting fictional character. Someone from real life. Or a photo.<\/p>\n

\"Arlene<\/a><\/p>\n

Arlene Mandell and Joey, “Scenes from My Life on Hemlock Street,” published by Wordrunner echapbooks<\/a><\/p>\n

Arlene L. Mandell is a retired English professor, formerly from New Jersey, now living in sunny Santa Rosa, CA<\/p>\n

Do you have a photo you would like to post?\u00a0 Contact Marlene: mcullen – at – comcast.net<\/p>\n

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