After doing Lady Eruwaedhiel's "One Word" character development challenge (see this thread: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1489), I came up with an expansion of her exercise.

Her exercise was...


Taking that a step farther...

Describe your characters in one word from the POV of another character.

How, in the most concise format, do your characters perceive each other? It may be vastly different than how you, as the author, perceive the characters, as well as how they perceive themselves.

I plan to do this later today, and I'll post what I come up with.

See:

From the POV of Nathan:
Peter – presumptuous
Edwin – faithful
Edric – unreachable
Saul – coy
Mark – traitorous
Katrina – shy
Clara – friendly
George – poor
Jason – sharp

From the POV of Peter:
Nathan – withholding
Edric – dictatorial
Mark – unreasonable
Katrina – precious
Jason – loyal
Saul – aggravating
Stephen – passive
Laviena – grating


I might be mildly addicted to this one-word stuff now. What else can I describe in one word?

Ooh, this is even harder and requires more thought. Now I have something to do in Geometry class.

LOL! Hilly. *wags finger* You should pay attention to Geometry! (HA! It's easier to fall asleep.)

My characters from Nessa's current POV

Azriel--Dream
Father--Gone
Nolan--Good
Ixi--Terrifying
Wayra--Loved
Aoife--Needed
Karen--companion
Aisling--fussy

Hm, that is a really interesting spin-off of the One Word exersise. Me likes. <---(For shame, I used poor grammar.)

Lucius' POV of Charlotte: vibrant

Charlotte's POV of Lucius: listener

Oooh... fun, fun fun.

Ia'tahz POV
Colly - violent
Illia - decieved
Ko'ar - trustworthy

Colly's POV
Ia'tahz - ruthless
Illia - useless
Ko'ar - tyrant

Illia's POV
Ia'tahz - decieved
Colly - rash
Ko'ar - tyrant

Ko'ar's POV
Ia'tahz - simple
Colly - dangerous
Illia - useless

Fun, fun, fun... and yes. Addicting.

The Last Wizard

Morgon's POV
Father Matthew - faithful
Tirol - terror

Tirol's POV
Father Matthew - nuisance
Morgon - simple

Father Matthew's POV
Morgon - promising
Tirol - Lost

Great work, y'all! It's fun to read the descriptions and imagine the characters; you can get a good idea of their relationship to each other from the single words, even without knowing the story.

I wholly agree with you, Philly! I thought Vanya's word choices were comical. X3

Comical? Why comical? *wonders*

Comical because each of the other characters mentions something about the other being violent, or poor Illia being useless. :3 (I tend to overuse the word "funny" so I also use comical.)

Tanner's POV:----------------------Timothy's POV:
Luke: unfazed----------------------Tanner: selfless
Pernoxnix: subtle-------------------Pernoxnix: defensive
Kaida: dangerous-------------------Kaida: lonely
Amos: disturbed--------------------Amos: reclusive
Timothy: care-free ---------------- Aren: courageous
Aren: Confident--------------------Guilo: the best
Guilo: protective -------------------Melany: gentle
Melany: a genius -------------------Tiberius: good
Tiberius: wise

Aren's POV:------------------------Kaida's POV:
Tanner: searching------------------Tanner: lost
Pernoxnix: aloof --------------------Pernoxnix: swift
Kaida: determined------------------ Amos: uncertain
Amos: pained-----------------------Timothy: learning
Timothy: Trusting-------------------Aren: loyal
Guilo: strong-----------------------Guilo: mature
Melany: caring---------------------Melany: understanding
Tiberius: a leader-------------------Tiberius: distant

okay... the double column thing did not work...

Wow, this is really helpful... I come back to it when I write dialogues and interaction...

I know... I should review mine and write some more. Thanks for resurrecting this thread, Riniel!