WACC- Writers Against Cardboard Characters discussion

Things that your character does when they are nervous, what would be their so-called "tell"

Wrings Hands
Doesn't look anybody in the eye/looks at one specific spot
Will look only at the person they are talking to, and never break eye contact
Blinks twice as fast (humans normally blink 2-3 times per minute)
taps fingers/toes/feet
plays with hair
scratches head, face, or other part of body
plays with ears/earlobes
fiddles with whatever is in his/her hands
Talks in very short sentences.
Talks in very long sentences

Pulls at their nose perhaps.

Bites their bottom lip
Begins humming randomly

Roni wrote: "Things that your character does when they are nervous, what would be their so-called "tell"

Wrings Hands
Doesn't look anybody in the eye/looks at one specific spot
Will look only at the person..."

Blinking only 2-3 times per minute? That seems extremely slow to me... Are you sure that's right?

Yeah, that's a little... slow. Probably more like 7 times. Maybe 5, but 2 or 3?

I'm so obsessive-compulsive I had to look it up. On this website, it said people blink 15 times per minute.

Sorry, I'm a perfectionist. =\

Crikey!

or blinking 2 much. i absolutely HATE that.

Batting their eyelashes. Ya. I know.

Or their eyes get super duper wide like mine.

Ya...or they rock back and forth when they are sitting down. My neighbor does that.

I don't think i'd mind people tapping pencils so much if they had a good beat.

Ya. Like if they were tapping to say, "Another One Bites The Dust". Well, that would get me dancing because I love that song.

Very much agreed.

Do like Queen?

I love Queen. Have you seen a Night's Tale?

No. Boo.

You must see it! It has Health Ledger and its a really well done period film with a rock spin on it! Me and my friends watch it on a traditional basis.

I need to see this. What's it rated?

PG-13. It's brilliant! It's got a couple scene's where this guy is naked but not in a sexual way. These guys steel his cloths after he gamles all his money away. By the way the naked guy is Chaucer, a rather famous medieval writer in real life. He wrote the Night's Tale I think... Anyway, there's a few english versions of cuss words, and just straight english cuss words, and some kissing scenes but that's about it if your woried about it but nothing too over the top is ever really shown.

When he's naked, you don't...see anything, do you?

Only his backside and a side view but you sitll don't see the *anything* I think your refering to. That's it. There are some front views but you just see his chest.

Okay. I've...seen slightly worse...

It's a rather brilliant movie otherwise. Very well writen and hilarious all together. It's about jousting and arthurian romance but not arthur himself and its a Cinderella story basically but it has rock music! Plus it was filmed in Chezkloslovocia (???) so they kind of have all these earthy medieval looking places and people in the film w/ english/australian/american actors.

Czekeslovokia, I think. Now it's split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

I thought it was Czechoslovakia. But I can't remember...

Lol. Such a long.

It was Czechoslovakia, now it's the Czech Republic and Slovakia. ;)

I spelled it right! *claps for herself and smiles cheesily*

I wish I could remember that.

Acacia wrote: "It was Czechoslovakia, now it's the Czech Republic and Slovakia. ;)"

I already said that....I mispelled it, though O_O.

I think Acacia was just spelling it for everyone to see. =]

OH...ha....I'm smart...

Oh this is a really good idea.

Eye twitching
jumps up and down
sings his lies in opera

Starts stuttering (I love stutters... long story.)

Repeats himself. I have a character that repeats the last bits of his sentences (very Rainmanesque) and he's a favorite with readers.

Or just can't speak at all. Like he jumbles up his words and stuff.

Mitch stutters when he's nervous...it's kind of funny when he talks to a girl he's got the hots for...☺

♫Marisa wrote: "Mitch stutters when he's nervous...it's kind of funny when he talks to a girl he's got the hots for...☺"

Awww! Where can I read that? He sounds like a cutie there.

Umm, in a notebook?. He's almost always a cutie to me ☺. Well, except when he's breaking Tony Hartle's nose...lol...I love that part...

Hahaha.

I'll let you read that on some B-day at lunch. It's absolutely splendid, if I do say so myself.

Okay, I really want to read it now! But, alas, not even a wonderful Mitchell story can make me look forward to school... =P

LOL. It's awesome. But I'm feeling guilty again...I did research and I feel really bad for him...

Research on what? Sorry, I'm braindead still...

Certain...things...not lip related, no.

Hahahaha.

I made him hate me, if that gives you any idea. Go read GTKYC.

Okay.

bites their nails...