Young Writers Society

I thought this would be fun. In most storybooks, you post your character in a way that you want to see yourself, not your actual self. Well, in this storybook, you have to post your character as you are. If you're goofy, post your character as goofy. If your serious, post as someone serious. Whatever!

The plot line is to be determined, and if anyone has any ideas, feel free to share them. The time period is modern day.

Rules:

-No God Modding
-One character per person
-No killing other characters
-Your character must reflect your personality.
-Must include a profile (See example if you need help)
-No fantasy creatures, but if you really want, you can have an animal companion that you think best fits your personality following you around (sort of like the Golden Compass). If you're sly and sneaky, have a fox follow you around. Your animal cannot talk, though.

You don't have to use your name for your character, or your age. If you want to, that's fine, too. But try to keep your age close to what it is now. (+-)5.

Profile-

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Education:
Family:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:


Here's me:

Name: Ariel
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Education: In progress...
Family: Mother, father, and younger brother.
Appearance: Shoulder length dirty-blond hair, dark brown/green eyes (they change color), and a round face. Slim, graceful build and is stronger than she looks. Stands about 5' 4" and normally wears a simple t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, and converse. Always wears either a plain brown hat, a dark blue military-esque hat, or a blue plaid hat.
Personality: Shy, curious, inquisitive, witty, casual, and kind. She hates crowds and doesn't take well to strangers, but is extremely loyal to her friends. She is a peacemaker, or tries to be. She hates being in the middle of fights, or in fights. She is sarcastic and smarter than your average 13 year old.
History: She grew up on a small island with her mother and father, and a few members of her extended family. Her little brother was born when she was five, and at first she loved him. Now they fight almost constantly.
Extra: She has a small ferret that follows her around, usually hiding in her backpack. She also loves to write, read, and sit in bookstores for hours on end, reading books and drinking coffee. ^.^

Name: Serra (I have to use this name )
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Education: All the way through Sophmore year (Homeschooled most of it)
Family: Mom, Dad, two brothers, and two sisters
Appearance: Long brown hair that reaches just below shoulder, bright blue eyes, and an oval roundish face (never could figure it out), Slim, athletic build, short 5'5, normally just wears jeans and a printed t-shirt. The jeans are normally just lose jeans. and would rather we bare foot then have shoes but wears tenishoes.
Personality: Talkative, she acts tough and picks on her friends alot. SHe gets along better with guys then girls, big tomboy, she doesn't like getting TO close to people because she is used to moving every 3-4 years. She can take any bantering but if someone starts bantering her friends or family she snaps. She has a bad temper, but no one really ever sees it, it takes a lot to get it out of her.
History: Moves alot, you'll find out the rest .

Alright I'm in.

Name: rory
Age: 18
gender: female
education: senior in highschool and getting ready to go to film school in florida
family/history: lives with her father on his ship. Other family members that live on the ship are her two uncles tommy and marko her dog skipper and the rest of the crew is like family. She is homeschooled and studies with an online program. Her father imports and exports goods for a plastic ware company.
personality: chipper, sarcastic, good at following directions or orders, funny sort of the comic relief at times, loyal, loving, gullable and sometimes naive.
appearance. Tall and slender, not pale but not tan, long hair that is sometimes curly and can't decide if it is dark brown or black, grey eyes, everyone says she looks like her mother but she wouldn't know

Name: Alice Johnson
Age: 14
Gender:female
Education: working on it
Family: large and strange
Appearance: blond hair blue eyes 5' 4"
Personality: um...far too complex for rational understanding, is usally depressed, loves to read and write and listen to music because it offers her an excape from reality. Has her own kind of emo.
History: moved 3 times in my whole life from apartment to apartment in the same town. Never had a boyfriend or a guy just genuinely like her after getting to know her.

If this is kind of god-moding in some people's opinion, I'm sorry...all of this is pure me.

Profile-

Name: Audra

Age: 16

Gender: female

Education: currently a high school sophomore, advanced

Family: mother and father

Appearance: 5'8", 125#(lbs), straight reddish blonde hair that almost reaches elbows, blue-grey eyes, pale complexion, curvy with muscle

Personality: usually aristocratic and calm, she has a short temper that she is working on controlling; she is compassionate, nice, and patient otherwise, and will do anything for her friends, even if it means fight; she knows how to have fun and CAN be outgoing and talkative

History: She was once thought crazy, but now she is one of the more popular people in school. She is considered the artist of her class and "the next Amy Lee." She loves music, plays four instruments in the high school band, and is learning her fifth. She sings either opera or Evanescence in her spare time, in musicals, and for tryouts; she is a coloratura soprano, one of the highest in the school. She scored the highest score on the October edition of the ACT Test, a 26.


*For reference on my art, go to http://www.ayumigosu17.deviantart.com/ and click on "Gallery," located near the top of the screen.*

Name: Lupe

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Education: Currently a Freshman

Family: A mother, father, two brothers, and lots of extended family

Appearance: Dirty blonde jaw length hair, 5 foot 5 and 1/2, 127 lbs, large multicolored eyes (mostly green blue gray and tan), olive skin, flat and long face.

Personality: Likes to live. Always doing something to keep herself occupied. She's outgoing and mildly crazy *cough*. he loves her friends to death and they love her back. She prefers the company of boys to girls and is very very tomboyish.

History: Has lived in a small house with her mother, father and two brothers her whole life. Has gone to school and come home and gone to school the next day and has taken vacations off and weekends and jumps over snowbanks with her friends and then goes back to school. (Etc.)

Companion: A grey patchwork Catahoula Leopard Dog named Midna.
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Name: Jorin
Age: 16
Gender: male
Education: freshman at Challenger school.
Family: mom and dad, three brothers and three sisters
Appearance: about 6", straight brown hair, blue-green eyes.
Personality: mostly quiet and bookish. Doesn't do well in crowds, but a firm friend.

History: Was homeschooled until fourth grade. Started off public school on the wrong foot, but now doing well.

Has a cat that follows him around.

Name:Kyle

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Education: Well, you take a guess. I'm not in college so what do you think?

Family: A mama, a daddy, a little sister, and a brother who seems to dissapear a lot.

Appearance: Tall-ish. Brown/black hair gelled up into a foux hawk, brown eyes, wears a lot of black and red.

Personality:Funny and happy, yet very depressed sometimes. Mostly just random

History: Has one hell of a terrible life even though he's pampered. Cuts himself.

Name: Mike

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Education: According to the United States public school systems: half-way through Senior year. Of course, I know a little bit about everything and absolutely everything about Heroes.

Family: Dad, Mom, and little brother.

Appearance: 5'10" with darkish brown hair and a beard. Has dark green eyes that are hidden behind his big-framed glasses. Also has triangles made out of moles on his forehead, both hands and arms, and back (no, really!).

Personality: Can be described as persiflage, or taking nothing seriously and always acting in an absurd manner. Goes by the superhero persona of Mantis, which everyone messes up when trying to type or say. If anyone asks him a question he must find the answer and he regularly checks out random books from the library on topics like architecture and the encyclopedia of space for leisure reading.

History: He was born. He grew up a little bit. Now he attempts to be serious and make something of his life, but sadly fails. Viva la persiflage!

Also: He has a giant praying mantis, the size of a small dog, that rides on his back and tries to kill everything it sees. Don't worry, it's taking anger management classes.

I sighed as I took my place in class. "Challenger- what a joke. I'm not being challenged."

"Did you say something, Jorin?" Miss Walling had a sort of half-smile on her face.

"No, ma'am," I lied.

Now she really smiled. "All right, class, turn to page 135." We all did, and I groaned quietly.

I already know how to write an essay, dang it. I could do this with my eyes closed. Still, I listened as Miss Walling read the page. Only two more classes until Mr. Quinn's, and then I can actually learn something.\

I walked slowly into my next class, late like normal.

"Miss Ryder, you should really learn to be on time." Miss Walling said turning to face her.

"Yes, Ma'am." I muttered taking my seat in the back. I didn't want to be here, not this class at least, I mean come on, who would want to take an English class from someone as monotoned as Miss. Walling. I had learned everything she was teaching in middle school thanks to my homeschooling, and having to learn it again was getting annoying.

Audra

Wonderful. Essays. Like I didn't know how to do that! Everyone knew how to write an essay!

I made that too familiar outline in my head again, pretending to listen to Miss Walling.

Expository: explain a topic or reason to the reader using facts (and educated opinions).

Persuasive: convince the reader to accept a theory, movement, or idea using comparrison and facts.

Narrative: (my personal favorite) tell a story to entertain, inform, or teach a moral.

This would be too easy.

This is an awsome idea, i cant believe i didnt see it before!

Name:Connor
Age:14
Edumacation: Working on it.
Family: Mom, dad, 1 older brother, and 5 sisters(Yes 5, this is very true, so feel bad for me).
Appearance: About 6". About 170lbs, but thats what happens when you play football! Dark brown hair with hazel eyes. Naturally wears a lot of Black, cause' black is the best color in the world(no im not gothic).
Personality: Completly crazy once you get to know him. Keeps to himself generally. Is very good at meeting new people, and very good to his friends. Always keeps his promises.
History: Moved when he was about 1, parents divorced 2 weeks previous to present. Just moved to this school. First day.

Lupe

A usual boring day for me of course. Last column to the right, back row, next to the window. I faintly heard the irritating buzzing of Ms. Walling's mosquito sounding voice. There was a pause in the speech. I raised my head from my desk.

"What is wrong with everyone today? It may be Friday..."

"But it gives us no excuse to fool around." I mimicked her quietly. I saw the girl next to me grinned but stayed facing forward. Her name was Serra if I remembered correctly.

Ms. Walling turned around and started to write on her old chalkboard. I pulled out a piece of paper and my not so trusty pencil.

Is it just me or my pencil broke. I smiled, a perfect opportunity. I stood slowly and lumbered up to the front of the room to the pencil sharpener. I saw a trash can to my right and kicked it over. Ms. Walling turned around to look at me.

I instantly put on a fake blush, "Oh my gosh! I'm soooooo sorry. I'll pick it up right away!"

Ms. Walling sighed, "I'll get it. Sharpen your pencil and get back to your seat."

She turned back to the chalkboard. She was the stupidest teacher in the school and i hated her. I stuck my tongue out at her and put my pencil in the sharpener. I slowly and painfully turned the handle so it squeaked and scraped at the same time. I took out the pencil and inspected it, it looked alright. So I broke it. I sharpened the pencil and returned to my desk to finish the note.

is this class a joke?

I waited to see if Waling was turned around. Still writing so I slipped Serra the note. She read it and wrote something down.

Serra Ryder



I chocked back at laugh at the freshmen. I hadn't talked to her much but I liked her. I read over the note and then started to write.

It's not just you, I know eighth graders that know this by heart. , It wouldn't hurt to change her tone of voice sometimes too. I slipped the paper back and looked back up to the front.

"Now for your homework on this you will need to write up an essay on your favorite animal and why everyone else should like it too. This may sound easy, but it is only the first week. You will wish you could write stuff like this all the time when we get further into the year." Miss Walling said in her normal monotone. I raised my hand twisting my pencil around in my fingers, "Yes, Miss Ryder?"

"So this is going to be a Persuasive paper?" I asked, stupid question I know, but I wanted to make sure so she couldn't fail me if that was wrong.

"Yes, Miss Ryder, what other style would work for this type of paper?" She asked,

"Well....I could write a narrative to convince someone that they like the animal and that it was there idea to like the animal. Then I could also do an expository and give good facts and reasons to why it is the best." I said leaning back in my chair twisting my pencil around faster. I could never keep my hands still, it unnerved me. I was enjoying myself, but kept a 'poker face' if you will on my face so that she wouldn't take me as being disrespectful. "Oh and can we do the paper on a made up animal or does it have to be a real animal?"

"Where are you going to get a made up animal, Miss Ryder?" She was getting agitated now and I was throughly enjoying it.

"Well I have a list of them, it is quiet fun to make stuff up for stories don't you think?" I was ready to shut up now, I was getting to many stares from the other students and I wasn't liking it.

"It has to be real, any more questions Miss Ryder?" She asked,

"Naw, that's all for now." I grinned,