Marcel Proust

Jeg har været på jagt på internettet efter den mest effektive måde hvorpå man kan skabe en realistisk og gennemarbejdet karakter. I min søgen stødte jeg på en meget interessant gut kaldet Marcel Proust, som samlede de spørgsmål, som han mente definerede en person. Der er 35 af dem og de er som følgende:

35 Questions Made Famous by Marcel Proust

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2. What is your greatest fear?
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
5. Which living person do you most admire?
6. What is your greatest extravagance?
7. What is your current state of mind?
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
9. On what occasion do you lie?
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
11. Which living person do you most despise?
12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
16. When and where were you happiest?
17. Which talent would you most like to have?
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
21. Where would you most like to live?
22. What is your most treasured possession?
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
24. What is your favourite occupation?
25. What is your most marked characteristic?
26. What do you most value in your friends?
27. Who are your favourite writers?
28. Who is your hero of fiction?
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
30. Who are your heroes in real life?
31. What are your favourite names?
32. What is it that you most dislike?
33. What is your greatest regret?
34. How would you like to die?
35. What is your motto?

Efter at have brugt disse spørgsmål til at udvikle min karakter, så må jeg konkludere at de er yderst brugbare. Langt fra alt er nødvendigt at vide, men det giver stadig en dybdegående forståelse for den fiktive ven man er ved at skabe. Hvad er jeres tanker?