wolfgirlluna asked: While reading and completing "The Novel Notebook" by Lynn Viehl I came across "Describe your protagonist (occupational, emotional, and situational.)" and I'm not sure how to answer it.
When filling this out, the first thing you need to do is fill out the “emotional” line. If you can gauge your character’s emotions, it becomes easy to describe the rest of them. Start by describing how the protagonist usually feels- their general mood. (Everyone has a general mood.) Then, move on to how they would react to situations. Do they tend to have an angry knee jerk response? Would they be cool and calculated? Are they the type of personality to be easily smitten, or are they a tough shell to crack? Once you understand your character as a person, an actual being, it is easier to move on and describe the rest of them.
Personally, I have never read or completed “the Novel Notebook”, so I hope this answer helped and I wish you the best of luck!
