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10 quirks about my main character
“If you treat your characters like people, they’ll reward you by being fully developed
individuals.” Don Roff
The writing conferences I’ve attended and MFA classes I’ve taken have stressed the importance
of creating a strong main character, but what makes a strong character?
They must have a clear motivation for what they want and be at least somewhat likeable, but
they must also be believable, which means like all of us, they have faults, and more
importantly—quirks.
Definition of quirk: a peculiar behavioral habit.
We all have them. As you’re sitting here reading this, ask yourself, what’re your quirks?
My main character, Sarah Ellsworth, has lived a mostly charmed life, married to the man of her
dreams in a beautiful, historical home nestled in an exclusive, wooded neighborhood. But the
unexplained death of her teenage son’s girlfriend uncovers all the cracks in her perfect façade.
Sarah’s quirks:
1. She hates getting dressed up. She’s a no-frills girl and blames this on being raised by a
single father.
2. Sarah closes her eyes when she listens to music. She prefers rock.
3. Sarah has a weak bladder.
4. She’s oddly obsessed with her house, as if it’s a living, breathing thing. She even talks to
it sometimes when no one is around…
5. Sarah sees things through rose-colored glasses, sometimes tinting the lies in her life to
make them truths.
6. Sarah never told her husband that the house he purchased once belonged to someone
she knew and that she had made history there long before they moved in.
7. Sarah hasn’t made a real friend since college because she’s guarded who she truly is to
fit the picture of who she thinks people want her to be.
8. She is self-conscious around other females because she didn’t grow up with any in her
own home and she constantly questions her own behavior.
9. Brand names are totally for show. Sarah has no real use for them.
10. Sarah secretly enjoys her father’s crass, blue-collar humor, but pretends not to so
people won’t judge her and suspect she’s less polished than she really is.
About the Author:
Cara Reinard is an author of women’s fiction and domestic.
She currently lives north of Pittsburgh with her husband, two children, and Bernese mountain dog.
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