The Scatterbrain: Fast Personality Definition
A short storytelling scene about a scatterbrain. The drills aims to show character with actions and behavior rather than with adjectives.
Onyinye Obiorah
12/10/20251 min read
Title: The Scatterbrain: Fast Personality Definition
This is a drill to develop the skill of defining personality fast using actions, not adjectives, in 5 sentences.
Max set down the fifth book he had attempted to read within the last five minutes. He stood up sluggishly, stretched dramatically, and decided it was a fetching idea to take a walk. At his door stood his neighbor, with whom he had a lively chit-chat until dusk. Concluding it was too late for exercise, he returned to his room and sat at his work desk. He clicked randomly on his computer, then threw himself back in exhaustion, deciding the task would be done the next day.
What I learnt: A practical way to show not tell, using descriptions.