Writing Prompt Wednesday

Sorry this prompt is so late. I had to write a paper today. It is due tomorrow and I hadn't started it until this afternoon. The trouble is I don't understand the class and the play I am writing about is Derek Walcott, the Caribbean poet and playwright's play Dream on Monkey Mountain. I enjoy reading his writing but the play specifically says, "it is illogical, derivative, contradictory" (Walcott 208). Basically the play doesn't make much sense, the class doesn't make much sense, and my essay doesn't make much sense. Oh well, sorry to dump that on you readers. Let's get on with the writing prompt shall we?

As you can see from the picture above, the prompt for the day is to write 50-100 pieces of information about a character without stopping to think about it. The goal is to get a better idea of what kind of person your character is. So choose the character you feel needs to the most rounding out and or that you need to get to know better, and write at least a minimum of 50 pieces of info about them without thinking. 

Here are 45 of mine. I'm still working on the last 5. My favorites are in bold. 

1. His name is Blaine Rundstrom.
2. Owns a cat name Lump (Marie, his boss is allergic).
   
3. Only rents, never buys, movies.
   
4. Pays his taxes as soon as possible.
   
5. Like broccoli.
   
6. Hates cauliflower.
   
7. Doesn’t own a flannel shirt, wouldn’t dream of it.
   
8. Only owns four T-shirts (one for each Saturday of the month).
   
9. Owns his apartment and is proud of it.
   
10. Never wanted a puppy/pets as a boy.
    
11. He prefers vegetables to fruit.
    
12. Favorite type of music: Jazz and 1950s era music
    
13. He is 41 years old (born in 1974).
    
14. He’s allergic to strawberries and tomatoes (but he eats tomatoes anyway).
    
15. He’s divorced. They got married too young.
    
16. They did not have kids and so have not really kept in touch because they didn’t have a reason.
    
17. He used to be a romantic and optimist. Now he’s a pessimist.
    
18. He buys most of his furniture from Ikea.
    
19. Prefers tea to coffee but needs the caffeine.
    
20. His ancestors are Swedish.
    
21. He's competitive.
22. He wears briefs instead of boxers.
    
23. He hates Vicks Vaporub (c) and refuses to use it even when he’s sick.
    
24. He’s not paternal, yet kids seem to like him.
    
25. He like reading poetry, especially Robert Frost.
    
26. His favorite trees are willow trees.
    
27. He grows plants in his apartment. Vine plants are pinned up along the ceiling.
    
28. He was never good at sports.
    
29. He keeps a strict schedule. He wakes up at the same time every morning and goes to bed at the same time every night.
    
30. He is very punctual, always ten minutes early.
    
31. He has always been interested in crocodiles.
    
32. He is vain and wears contacts except when he’s home alone.
    
33. He’s the assistant manager of the bookstore he works at (Marie owns the bookstore).
    
34. He hates winter because of the weather.
    
35. He drives a navy blue 2004 geo metro.
    
36. His favorite TV Show is M*A*S*H.
    
37. He has BA in Literary Studies.
38. He gels his hair back (slicked back) to keep it out of his eyes.
39. He has black hair that droops.
40. He writes flash fiction secretly in his spare time.
41. He knows how to cook but usually eats out.
42. He goes for long walks to stay fit. 
43. When he doesn't gel his hair (Saturdays) he wears newsies caps.
44. He has a hired cleaning woman who comes once a week.

Let me know your three favorite things you found out about your character that you didn't know before in the comments. 

Keep on Creating, 
K. A. Jairl

Works Cited

Walcott, Derek. "A Note on Production." Dream on Monkey Mountain, and Other Plays. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. 208. Print.