Day 4 Assignment 4: Create a Character sketch, and then place the character in a certain scenario.

Wow I almost didn't make it before Midnight! Goodness, today was another crazy day. I got so busy writing earlier that I didn't have time to post anything before I went to meet a friend to paint with. Today was a lot of fun. Anyway, back to the main topic of the night character sketching. So today's assignment was to create a character sketch with a character from list A, a characteristic from list B, and a scenario from list C. So I chose a Celebrity Chef, with an Anxiety disorder, who accidently kills someone. Once you had completed that you were supposed to do the same thing with your characters (I'm still working on my book's character sketches and different scenarios for each one).

But here is my practice character sketch, and tomorrow once I revise what I wrote for his scenario I'll post that too. :) (also I know there are some contradictions in the Sketch so please ignore them. This is just a sketch and not a permanent outline of exactly who he is).

Character Sketch: Anxious Celebrity Chef

Name: Eric Pinton

Gender: Male

Age: 45

Height: 6”3

Weight: Unknown. He is fit and physically healthy, but looks a little thin

Race: Caucasian/White

Nationality: American

Mannerisms: Quiet, brooding, harsh, strict, intense temper, quick moving, Anxious.

Speech: calm confident. his voice has a ruff touch to it like he doesn’t talk too much. Rarely does he say what is actually on his mind.

Eye Color: Dark Brown and malicious

Hair color: sandy brown his hair is still rather thick too

Physical traits: he has a scar running horizontally across the middle of his left palm. No tattoos or
disabilities.

Dress: casually, nice and neat. His cloths aren’t expensive but they are nice. He often wears a long trench coat type jacket.

Education: Graduate from the University of California with his bachelors in Engineer Science

Social Groups: Dinner Parties thrown by his wife. Events with the Producer, Cast, and Crew of the Cooking Station he works for. Few drinking friends he has at Ogre Bar.

Hobbies: Tinkering with things, figuring out how things work, Cooking, running, reading technology manuals, reading how to books, chess, darts.

Childhood experiences: graduated high school two years early, he had very few friends during high school and junior high since he was two years younger than everyone. He cut his hand cooking after school and needed fifteen stitches; he still has a scar on his left hand that runs horizontally across the middle of his palm. His parents pushed him to be the best in everything.

Number of Siblings: Zero. He was an only Child Born to middle class parents.

 Views on Life: if you aren’t the best people won’t love you. The world if full of liars and cheats and even if you believe you aren’t one of them in actuality you are.

Profession: Famous Chef. He had always cooked as a hobby and eventually became famous for it. He currently works for a popular reality tv network he has his own how to cook show, and is in several other competitive cooking shows currently. He has debuted in a few movies and tv dramas also as a professional chef. And often cooks for large dinner parties hosted by other famous celebrities.

Marital Status: Divorced

Where does he live: currently a top floor apartment in uptown New York.

Main Influences in his early life: his grandfather who he often visited taught him how to grill anything to perfection on his outdoor grill. His father never gave his approval or acceptance unless he worked tooth and nail for it, and his mother was just as strict and even harsher.

Personality Traits: Anxious, furious temper, strict, quiet, harsh, blunt, tired, he is protective especially if it is his (like his passion for cooking).

Relationships: No children, ex-wife, friends with his Producer and manager. He has a few friends at the Ogre Bar. He doesn’t really have anyone to talk to or confide in other than his friend Tim. He avoids the female chef Amilia. He cannot stand her and thinks she doesn’t deserve to be there.

Main Weakness: He has an inferiority complex, and doesn’t feel confident in his own skills. Even the best is not good enough. He struggles with being on competitive cooking shows since the judges remind him of his overly critical parents, which causes him anxiety. When he gets anxious he doesn’t pay very much attention to others, and often zones out.

Main Strength: Cooking relaxes him and relieves him of his anxiety, it also gives him a chance to make the judges acknowledge that his skill and his food is the best. Redemption, a chance to prove to himself that he is not the worthless child his parents had been ashamed of.

Scenario Situation: Eric is headed down the street anxious about appearing on a competitive cooking show. Up ahead there is a man mugging a woman at knife point.

Um for those of you wondering why the Ogre Bar...well I really have no idea but I'm just going to stick with it.

Day 4 COMPLETED!