This worksheet might help you organize your ideas for a relatable phenomenon. (You may want to peruse the post "Common Literary Terms.")
1. Create a name for a protagonist.
2. List a few psychological (emotional and mental) traits of your
protagonist.
3. List a few physical traits of your protagonist.
4. Reconsider the name of your protagonist with respect to the
traits you listed.
5. List a few emotional, mental and/or physical strengths of your
protagonist.
6. List a few emotional, mental and/or physical weaknesses of your
character.
7. Create a name for another character, possibly an antagonist.
8. List a few of his/her psychological (emotional and mental) traits.
9. List a few of his/her physical traits.
10. List a few of his/her emotional, mental and/or physical strengths.
11. List a few of his/her emotional, mental and/or physical
weaknesses.
12. Determine which of the following conflicts you want your
protagonist to experience: between your protagonist and an
antagonist, between your protagonist and his/her fate, between
your protagonist's circumstances and his/her goal(s), or between
the oppositional desires and values of your protagonist.
13. Place your character(s) in a particular setting (time, place and
mood).
14. Specifically describe the setting, using only objective details
(size, shape and color) and sensory details (sight, sound, smell,
taste and touch).
15. To which senses do you want to appeal? Create images that
correlate to those senses.
16. Make your character(s) say and do things, possibly to each
other.
17. Who wins the confrontation and why?
18. From which point of view did you relate the confrontation? Do
you want to change the perspective?
