- Invitation Status
- Looking for partners
- Posting Speed
- One post per day
- 1-3 posts per week
- One post per week
- Writing Levels
- Intermediate
- Adept
- Advanced
- Preferred Character Gender
- No Preferences
- Genres
- Urban Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Quest, Sci-Fi, Time Travel and World Hopping, Steampunk, Action/Adventure, Modern Drama, Mystery, Slice of Life, Romance, and many more.
This one's a little trickier! Your task is to design an original character based off of the woman described in Elton John's "Goodbye Norma Jean/Candle in the Wind". This song was written about Marilyn Monroe, who is referenced directly in the lyrics, so you might also look up some stuff about her for inspiration :3
Here's the Basic Character Template, but feel free to write your own, skip parts, or just freewrite!
GENERAL CHARACTER STATISTICS
Character Name:
Gender:
Species/Race:
Age:
Birthplace/World:
Occupation/School/Grade:
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
General Appearance:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
More:
MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current Goal/Purpose:
Talents:
Inabilities:
Fears:
General Personality:
Inner Personality:
Secret:
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HISTORIC BACKGROUND
General History:
Present Life:
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh, the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh, the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
Here's the Basic Character Template, but feel free to write your own, skip parts, or just freewrite!
GENERAL CHARACTER STATISTICS
Character Name:
Gender:
Species/Race:
Age:
Birthplace/World:
Occupation/School/Grade:
More:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
General Appearance:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
More:
MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current Goal/Purpose:
Talents:
Inabilities:
Fears:
General Personality:
Inner Personality:
Secret:
More:
HISTORIC BACKGROUND
General History:
Present Life: