Are you having trouble thinking of
some character traits or a few funny quirks for someone in your story?
Stop thinking so hard and take a look around you. Chances are your friends
have a few oddities and they’re the normal ones in the group.
What is one weird thing about them
you can add to a character? I do mean
just one. You don’t want your friend and
your character to be the same, right?
What if your friends seem a little too normal? Take something they do or something about
them and put it out of context. It’s
weird. Here are fifty odd traits of
people I love; either exaggerated, out of context, or they’re just strange
people:
1. Picks
nose when no one is looking
2. Couldn’t
do her own makeup if her life depended on it
3. Will
respond to a statement by saying, “Well, eeeee!
4. Has
non-verbal learning disability (http://www.nldontheweb.org/)
5. Was
an illegitimate child in the 1950’s and treated a lot like Pearl from The Scarlet
Letter.
6. Had
a “real-life” evil step-parent
7. Super-Holy-Roller. Watches nothing but the church channel and
reads only Christian fiction and the Bible.
8. Dyslexic
9. Has
webbed toes
10. Both
parents are preachers
11. Gradually
going deaf
12. Sleeps
with a teddy bear at 20-some years old
13. Has
a much older brother that is a celebrity but still visits regularly
14. When
mother remarried it was to her late husband’s sister’s ex-husband. E.g. The kid’s step dad was her uncle
15. Was
home-schooled K-12
16. Collects
swords
17. Wears
“goth look” and isn’t afraid to act girly
18. Due
to an eye condition, can only wear glasses. No contacts. No surgery.
19. Looks
like a cheerleader, acts like a nun, is a cop.
20. Laughs
hysterically when in suspense
21. Cat
lover who is allergic to pet dander.
22. 5’6”
girl weighing 125lbs still has insecurities about her body
23. Someone
who finishes every-other-sentence with an awkward giggle
24. Twins
that do everything together. Same classes, same hobbies, not conjoined but
never apart.
25. Menopausal
at age 30
26. Lost
a seven month old baby, then faced cancer within the same year
27. Doesn’t
plan for a ride when out drinking and gilts people into playing cabbie. Will
DUI
28. Hates
chocolate
29. Has
stutter
30. Messianic
Jew
31. Storm
chaser wannabe
32. Ham
radio operator
33. Reads
the paper for the obituaries to see if they know anyone who died
34. Somewhat
psychic
35. Goes
by their middle name
36. Speech
defect: r=w
37. Has
metal bars in back from scoliosis surgery
38. Thrives
on social awkwardness
39. Teen
mom
40. Loves
snakes, hates birds
41. Lesbian
Republican
42. Hates
children
43. Straight
guy/girl whose first kiss was with the same sex
44. Starts
every sentence with “So like…”
45. Aced
algebra, but can’t do basic arithmetic.
46. Has
an odd fetish
47. Has
strange phobia (http://phobialist.com/)
48. Control
freak
49. Aspiring
writer that can’t spell.
50. Meows
when saddened.
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