Writing Homework Help

Brainstorm for a bit about what type of character you want to include in your story. Think about age, personality, and what the character might want. Remember to think about an external goal (something physical) and an internal goal (something personal). 

For example: KC really wants a car and does everything to get it. Internally, even if the character is not aware of it, what KC really wants is freedom. 

The plot development and character developing work side by side. 

Assignment: 

1. Come up with an idea for a main character. You are not tied to this character; you can change for your actual fairy tale.
2. List five details about that character (physical, mental, etc.)
3. List four physical things your character could want.
4. List three skills or lessons your character might need in order to succeed. The introduction for the Little Red Riding Hood the second one
5. section begins with a few questions:
   1. How has the heroine of this tale become as famous a figure as her more glamorous cousins, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Snow White?
   2. What is so remarkable about this stark, little tale that describes the dramatic confrontation between an innocent little girl and a wicked wolf? (Assumptions aside the nature of a wolf and wickedness and/or the innocence of little girls.) 
   3. How has it come about that the line, Grandmother, what big teeth you have!
      is one of the most anticipated and familiar moments in all Western literature, let alone fairy tale?