Character Creation
Day 29: Character Creation
Welsh translation: Hunan bortread gwirion
“I have always enjoyed creating characters but sometimes it can be tricky to just think of one from nowhere so this prompt allows you to think of a name and then asks you some ‘hot seat’ questions which allows you to flesh out that character. Also you never know what other ideas might spring from your character profile…”
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“Mae bod yn ffotograffydd yn fy ngalluogi i ddarganfod creadigrwydd ym mhob man, wrth i mi geisio gweld patrymau a siapiau difyr o fy amgylch. Daw’r rhan fwyaf o fy syniadau ar gyfer ysgrifennu wrth sylwi ar yr hyn sydd o fy amgylch yn y gymuned leol. Rwy’n defnyddio creadigrwydd ym mhob rhan o fy mywyd, ar fy mhen fy hun a chydag eraill.”
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Do
Take two or three random letters, if you can see a car number plate near you take the letters from that, if not look around your space and take the first letter of the two/three objects you look at. These three letters are initials, for example, ‘WP’. Create a name with these initials for example ‘William Percy’. This character can be a human, animal or alien, whatever you want.
Now you have the name, you can either draw the character or just imagine what they look like. What is the character wearing? What is their hair like? Are they a smiley character?
Now you have a name and an idea of how they look you can answer these questions on paper, typed up, or just in your head. This will help you to fully form this character and give them an identity.
What is this character’s favourite breakfast?
What is this character’s greatest achievement?
What do they do for a living?
When was the first time they fell in love?
What is their party trick?
What would they watch on TV?
What is their most treasured possession?
Who is their best friend?
Now you have a character with a back story and personality!
Dewiswch ddwy neu dair llythyren ar hap. Os gallwch weld rhif car dewiswch y llythrennau hynny, neu lythyren gyntaf y ddau neu dri pheth cyntaf welwch chi. Dyma brif lythrennau enw.
Er enghraifft AJ. Crëwch enw cymeriad ohonynt, er enghraifft Anwen Jones. Gall y cymeriad hwn fod yn berson, yn anifail, yn fod o’r gofod, beth bynnag sy’n apelio atoch.
Nawr mae ganddo’ch enw, gallwch dynnu ei lun, neu dim ond ddychmygu sut mae’n edrych.
Nawr mae gennych enw a syniad o’u pryd a’u gwedd gallwch ateb y cwestiynau hyn ar bapur, ar ffôn neu sgrin, neu ddim ond yn eich pen. Bydd hyn yn gymorth i greu cymeriad crwn a rhoi hunaniaeth iddyn nhw.
Beth yw eu hoff frecwast? Beth yw eu llwyddiant mwyaf? Sut maen nhw’n ennill bywoliaeth? Pryd wnaethon nhw syrthio mewn cariad am y tro cyntaf? Oes ganddynt dric parti? Be fyddent yn ei wylio ar y teledu? Beth yw’r trysor mwyaf maent yn ei berchen? Pwy yw eu ffrind gorau?
Nawr mae gennych rywun gyda gorffennol a chyda cymeriad arbennig!
Think
Improvising and answering with the things that come to mind can prevent overthinking the answers. Sometimes we can get overwhelmed when we think too much about creating, improvising is all about just doing, its the ‘yes, and’. I would like them to reflect on their ability to make something from nothing and to reflect on their improvisational and creativity skills. I hope they will feel excited and creatively fulfilled by this task.
Croesawu byrfyfyrio ac ateb gyda’r hyn ddaw i’r meddwl yn reddfol yn hytrach na gor-feddwl am yr atebion. Weithiau mae’n bosib cael ein llethu wrth or-feddwl ynglŷn â chreu, y gwneud yw’r peth pwysig wrth fyfyrio, yr ‘ia, ac’.
Share
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Rhannwch eich campau creadigol gyda ni ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol trwy ein tagio neu ddefnyddio’r hashnod #HerIonawr
Beth am annog ffrindiau a theulu i ymuno fel gall y sgwrs fynd ymhellach!
Darllenwch ein hawgrymiadau gwych er mwyn rhannu mewn modd hygyrch.
