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Date Posted: 15:44:06 09/25/10 Sat
Author: Page2
Subject: Character Assessmemt: James >>>>>
In reply to:
debikm
's message, "Late homework, but homework it is!" on 11:02:55 09/23/10 Thu
Over an hour later, I have a good character assessment of James Conor Donovan a/k/a Seren. Wasn't sure how to do this really since Seren is in James' body and only remembers that he is Seren upon awakening for a short period of time. I figured the best way to handle this was to create an assessment of James and make another #, for OTHER INFO, at the bottom of the page to put notes of Seren. I thought I knew Seren/James before, but doing this made me think hard about the character. Now I can "see" him and what he's all about. Eye opener for sure.
Have some questions... Question 1: Can I use this story as my NANO? I haven't written anything more than what you all have read and I figured I could minus that word count from what I start writing in the NANO. To me the book starts with Chapter 1 and I only have a few pages to that started. Someone please (pretty please) give me permission. I don't want to feel like a cheat but most of my stories have prologues written or a 1st chapter done but that's it.
Question 2: Anyone else doing the November NANO?
Ok, so I'm off to put together Emma/Angel's character. Then later, start the outline of my chapters as I usually veer off track in the writing process but having an outline keep me in place. I know how I want it to end so that's good, right? :-)
I'm posting James' CA (wasn't sure if you wanted us too or not). If anyone has ???'s about this character let me know. I really want to flesh him out so ask me about him.
Thanks to all and hope you're enjoying the weekend.
Steph
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ASSESSMENT: James Conor Donovan>>>> -- Page2, 15:52:21 09/25/10 Sat
Character Assessment
1. Name: James Conor Donovan
2. Nickname: Jim, Jimmy, JC or Jimbo (the latter he dislikes)
3. Sex: Male
4. Age: 33 (looks younger)
5. Looks: Eyes: Light blue eyes
Hair: Dark brown w/slight waves- has some streaks of royal
blue in it, length is just
below shoulders-long enough
to be tied back. Med.
thickness.
6. Education: Finished High School (but barely).
7. Occupation(s): Guitarist/Singer in rock-n-roll
band named: Flux
Worked odd p/t jobs (cashier and
driver) until his band took off.
8. Status and money: Multi -millionaire.
9. Marital status: Single.
10. Family, ethnicity: Not close with his family. An only
child. Fought with his alcoholic,
abusive dad. Doesn’t understand his
religious mother. A couple of
aunts & uncles whom he doesn’t
remember.
11. Diction/accents: Bostonian accent
12. Relationships: Had 2 serious relationships and
vowed not to get that emotionally
involved again. One just upped
and left him after 5 yrs together
and the other (more recent) cheated
on him (w/Matthew). He feels
like he’s in limbo that the certain
someone is coming.
13. Home: Owns one in LA
Rents a flat in England.
14. Possessions: Car: Red viper (likes fast cars)
Motorcycle: Harley Davidson
Guitars: Numerous
15. Hobbies: Music-collecting albums/CD/tapes etc
16. Obsessions: Jimmy Page and all things Zep
17. Beliefs:
18. Politics: Doesn’t get into it.
19. Sexual history: Promiscious. Loves woman and sex.
Preferably young, blonde, with big
boobs, small waist and height.
Dislikes rotund women
20. Ambitions: To keep the band going and stay on
top.
21. Religion: Brought up catholic, leans towards
the occult but does not follow
any one faith. Believes in a
higher power.
22. Superstitions: Wears a particular necklace every time he is on stage or releasing
new music. Believes it brings him luck – wore it at first concert
when the band was found.
23. Fears: That the band will break up and he’ll end up alone with nothing.
24. Strengths: His music, ability to assess people accurately.
25. Weaknesses: Very moody. Smokes, drinks and doing drugs.
26. Pets: None but like dogs and cats
27. Preferences: Musically he likes the 60/70’s band and old R & B. Loves Led
Zep. Jimmy Page is his idol – wishes he had been old enough to
see Led Zep live.
28. Likes: Music and old time blues, dark clothes with sparkly scarves, boots
29. Dislikes: Obnoxious people and the hanger-ons surrounding the group.
Currently fighting with Lead Singer – Matthew.
30. Food preferences: None likes most everything esp. crispy fries
31. Handwriting: Sloppy
32. Astrological sign: Capricorn Born: January 6, 1977
33. Talents: Guitarist and singer
34. Other: Seren’s spirit/soul is in James. The essence that was James left his human body at age 13, after his father beat him unconscious while drunk. Seren “jumped” (when he was with Angel in the ether zone) into James body at that time. On this jump something happened when he took over James shell; he realized he could not jump out of this shell and his knowledge of “who he is” is slowly fading as James’ memories take over. He’s been in the shell for 20 yrs and is losing the battle. He remembers in dreams of who he (Seren) was but when awake “James” takes over and he forgets. He’s in a battle between his spirit memory and that of the suffering child James. If he doesn’t jump soon Seren will cease to be and he will become truly human, a new-soul.
More info/notes: When Seren “jumps” into a human shell he takes over the old souls essence/attributes/memories but his own memories stay intact. In other jumps he’s always been able to retain his knowledge of what he truly is and where he is from (a highly evolved spirit with powers from beyond). In the past he could stay within a human until the shell go old if he wanted but still retained his knowledge. When him and Angel became entangled in the ether and he jumped, there powers fused. Angel did not have “walk-in/jump” abilities. She could become a new-soul (or human) if she chose but she would have little memories of who she was. Seren/James believes part of this essence of her became fused with him and that is why he cannot leave his shell. In his dreams his spirit is searching for her. He wonders if she became a new-soul when they split while in the ether. He needs to find her, as he knows one thing: If he is losing his memories/essence - then she has to be remembering hers and he knows she must think she’s crazy. For a new-soul to grow up and start regaining knowledge of being a highly-evolved essence must be hard on her. Humans, he had learned, don’t understand – they are frightened of the unknown/unseeing. The few humans out there who have energy abilities are looked down upon, called crazy. As Seren he was afraid for her when he was James – he didn’t care. As Seren that knowledge scared him more. If he found her would they recognize each other? Would she have the knowledge/ability to help him? Would she want too?
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Sounds like my kinda guy >>>> -- 
Page, 15:51:50 09/30/10 Thu
I especially like his scarves. *G* I'm really intrigued by this whole story and can't wait to read more!
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Sure, use it for NANO. -- debikm, 16:12:59 09/25/10 Sat
I've done that before. As long as I end up enough extra words to cover the difference, I don't feel like it's cheating.
So Seren is losing himself because he thinks he and Angel's essence or something mingled, and she took his ability to jump? Or is James a really forceful personality contributing to it too? If James likes drugs so much, could Seren use that to gain greater control? It could be a way to take the reins, so to speak. Or James could be somewhat aware of something inside him (Seren) and uses the drugs and alcohol to supress it? Just a couple of ideas. The loss of control/possesion by another is something that has always fascinated me.
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lock up your daughters... -- Fi, 09:05:55 09/28/10 Tue
Especially if they're young, blonde and slim! James sounds like trouble with a capital T. In a good way, I mean :)
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Thank you -- Page2, 22:24:32 09/30/10 Thu
Hopefully, I can bring Seren out (the good soul) otherwise, yes... lock your daughters up. LOL
I'm really enjoying this HW. It helps me see my characters more and while doing this one on James (and with Deb's ???) helped me see a flaw in my story re: James/Seren I hadn't seen before.
Great postings of CA's by everyone.
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