Things to Consider

Individual Workshop

1. I believe there are enough details when I’m describing the cafeteria. There’s an office which the manager uses filled with cooking supplies for Friday treat, tables spread throughout the cafeteria, a book-cart and a game-cart.

2. I’m on staff and am much older than the kids I’m supervising. They call me “Coach Stephen” as a sign to show that I’m an authoritative figure over them and responsible for their safety.

3. I’m going to use various activities that we’ve done within the cafeteria and using the different objects, such as the game-cart and the book-cart. I’ll be including the separate times that something really stood out to me and created a lasting memory.

4. The intended audience will pretty much anyone who enjoys reading stories about other people’s lives.

5. The values I’m assuming the reader has are, they should laugh at the mistakes I’ve made but also feel sympathy for the children that have had interesting experiences with all of us at this work. Most of us have done things that we should have been reprimanded for but never had. I will be tapping into that by expanding details on the event as it takes place, with rarely any background information about the individual.

Character Development

Character

Full Name: Chris George Quintela

Gender: Male

Age and Date of Birth (as your story does not need to have a contemporary

setting): 20; March 11, 1997

Birth City: Clearwater, Florida

Parent’s Names: George and Maria Quintela

Siblings: Jacqui Quintela (sister)

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Pets: Dog named Milo

Education: Studies Physical Therapy at USF

Favorite Movie: Fight Club

Favorite TV Show: That 70’s Show

Favorite Book: Jurassic Park

Favorite Food: Steak

Favorite Day of the Week: Saturday

Favorite Hobby: Playing ice hockey

Favorite Drink: Water

Favorite Band: Coldplay

Favorite Song: Sky Full of Stars

Favorite Halloween Costume (if s/he celebrated Halloween): Tourist in Hawaii

Religious affiliation: Christian

Political affiliation: Moderate

Love interest(s): Single

Physical Description

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color and Style: Brown and looks like he just got out of bed

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 195

Skin Tone: Tan

Facial Description (does s/he have a unique nose, forehead, eyes, ears, lips,

etc.?): Trimmed bread

Clothes (what s/he is wearing or usually wears): Block t-shirt with the front reading H.O.S.T and the back-reading STAFF

Other Physical Characteristics (booty, busty, muscular, corpulent, scrawny,

disproportioned, etc.): Muscular

Defining Moments

The one childhood instance—good or bad—that indelibly affects who this

character is now: Went to Canada every summer to see his family who lives there and he absolutely loves Canada

The character’s proudest moment: Swam with the dolphins in the Atlantic Ocean and could keep up with them at a good distance

The character’s most embarrassing moment: Took his girlfriend on a cruise and she broke up with him on the cruise so they were stuck together for a week with some tension.

The character’s career goals of future aspirations/ambitions: Wants to be a physical therapist in Canada and retire early so he can live in the mountains in a log cabin with a dog

Whom the character would most like to have dinner with (past or present)

and why: Adolf Hitler just to, and I quote, ask him, “Why’d you have to go and do that man? That wasn’t cool.”

Three adjectives the character would use to describe him/herself: Laid-back, fun and hilarious