Beautiful People,
Sky here! Today I'm doing Beautiful People for one of my newest characters, Carlie Sherman. She's one of the two main characters in the book Ashley and I are working on now--tentatively titled Carlie & Sophie. It's a story about two best friends who try to matchmake their older siblings. We're working on plotting it out and starting it up, and I'm participating in Beautiful People to help me get to know Carlie.
Carlie is 16 years old and extremely outgoing. She loves to have fun and make people laugh and smile. She's exuberant and bubbly 99% of the time. Her favorite things are summer, ice cream, coffee, and bike rides. She loves drawing and bright, vivid colors. Though her exterior is mildly crazy, she does have her serious moments, and I'm looking forward to deepening her more as time goes on.
1) What does your character regret the most in their life?
At 16, there isn't a lot for her to regret, but she regrets not spending as much time with her dad before he died as she could've. She also feels too crazy at times and regrets her actions due to her insecurities about what people think of her. So it isn't so much one big moment as it is a bunch of little ones.
2) What is your character's happiest memory? Most sorrowful memory?
She remembers a lot of happy memories, but her top two are meeting her friend Sophie and helping her older sister Kassie move in, as well as summers spent along the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ.
3) What majorly gets on your character’s nerves?
When people are too quiet and won't talk to her or tell her what's bugging them.
4) Do they act differently when they're around people as opposed to being alone? If so, how?
Mostly it's that other people make Carlie come alive. When she's alone, that's when she has her mellower moments and her times to think.
5) What are their beliefs and superstitions? (Examples: their religion or lack of one, conspiracy theories, throwing salt, fear of black cats.)
Carlie grew up in a Christian family, and the Bible stories she heard when she was a kid were and still are a major comfort to her. She had her moments of doubt growing up. She didn't really start to believe it until her dad died when she was 12, and the thought of her dad going to heaven made her feel like Christianity was something she wanted to be a part of. Now it brings her comfort when times are rough.
6) What are their catchphrases, or things they say frequently?
Her catchphrase is basically whatever crazy idea comes out of her brain next. ;)
7) Would they be more prone to facing fears or running from them?
She'd run from them, definitely. She's not really sure how to handle serious matters at all.
8) Do they have a good self image?
No. She acts very confident, but is actually pretty insecure.
9) Do they turn to people when they're upset, or do they isolate themselves?
She isolates herself from everyone except a select few, such as Sophie and Kassie, and even then sometimes she has a hard time opening up. Most of the time, though, she goes to them for comfort.
10) If they were standing next to you would it make you laugh or cry?
Laugh, definitely. She's so cute and I'd love to meet her and get to know her in real life. ♥ I have a feeling she'd really brighten my whole life up. ;)
Beautiful People: Carlie (#1)
Carlie is 16 years old and extremely outgoing. She loves to have fun and make people laugh and smile. She's exuberant and bubbly 99% of the time. Her favorite things are summer, ice cream, coffee, and bike rides. She loves drawing and bright, vivid colors. Though her exterior is mildly crazy, she does have her serious moments, and I'm looking forward to deepening her more as time goes on.
1) What does your character regret the most in their life?
At 16, there isn't a lot for her to regret, but she regrets not spending as much time with her dad before he died as she could've. She also feels too crazy at times and regrets her actions due to her insecurities about what people think of her. So it isn't so much one big moment as it is a bunch of little ones.
2) What is your character's happiest memory? Most sorrowful memory?
She remembers a lot of happy memories, but her top two are meeting her friend Sophie and helping her older sister Kassie move in, as well as summers spent along the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ.
3) What majorly gets on your character’s nerves?
When people are too quiet and won't talk to her or tell her what's bugging them.
4) Do they act differently when they're around people as opposed to being alone? If so, how?
Mostly it's that other people make Carlie come alive. When she's alone, that's when she has her mellower moments and her times to think.
5) What are their beliefs and superstitions? (Examples: their religion or lack of one, conspiracy theories, throwing salt, fear of black cats.)
Carlie grew up in a Christian family, and the Bible stories she heard when she was a kid were and still are a major comfort to her. She had her moments of doubt growing up. She didn't really start to believe it until her dad died when she was 12, and the thought of her dad going to heaven made her feel like Christianity was something she wanted to be a part of. Now it brings her comfort when times are rough.
6) What are their catchphrases, or things they say frequently?
Her catchphrase is basically whatever crazy idea comes out of her brain next. ;)
7) Would they be more prone to facing fears or running from them?
She'd run from them, definitely. She's not really sure how to handle serious matters at all.
8) Do they have a good self image?
No. She acts very confident, but is actually pretty insecure.
9) Do they turn to people when they're upset, or do they isolate themselves?
She isolates herself from everyone except a select few, such as Sophie and Kassie, and even then sometimes she has a hard time opening up. Most of the time, though, she goes to them for comfort.
10) If they were standing next to you would it make you laugh or cry?
Laugh, definitely. She's so cute and I'd love to meet her and get to know her in real life. ♥ I have a feeling she'd really brighten my whole life up. ;)
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