A thought provoking image! How does it make you feel? What do you think of? Who is this person? What is their situation?
This is close to my heart, actually. I've said many times that I'm a child of the '80's and a big part of that era was the awareness brought to us about the third world.
This picture actually follows a theme for me at the moment. Our family decided at thanksgiving that one of the things we would do is buy our shoes exclusively from Toms for the next year. If you haven't heard of them, their one-for-one movement is a brilliant and heart-warming one, and it fits into our value structure of giving perfectly, so it seemed an obvious choice. Making our children aware of others plights etc. is something we do consciously, particularly at this time of year.
Seeing this picture today got me thinking - how would your character's values, sympathies and philanthropy affect their stories? Would including them improve your story? Would it give you a sub-plot idea? There are many facets to us, do you characters hold as many, making them complex and interesting? Or are they two dimensional?
Think about it, what is it that makes you, you? Now think about your characters, what is at the core of them that makes them who they are?
Happy writing ;)
Emma
P.S. If you want to know more about Toms check out their site via the flag below. It's an awesome concept that more companies could employ.
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