Read Online Creating Characters by Howard Lauther - Free Book Online

necessary to get there.
    His ideas are decidedly unusual.
CONCERNED
    Related Traits:
    Absorbed, alarmed, attentive, bothered, discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, engaged, engrossed, gripped, haunted, immersed, interested, involved, occupied, overwrought, tormented, troubled, uneasy, unsettled, upset.
    As Seen by Others:
    If he becomes convinced of the importance of something, it will rivet his attention and block out everything else.
    Inclined to focus his mind on something to such a degree that he sometimes cannot even hear others speak to him.
    Worry sits on his face like a billboard.
    Seems to be bothered by something that bears no name.
    Hears trouble before it is trouble.
    He can be here and, at the same time, not here.
UNCONCERNED
    Related Traits:
    Blasé, bored, detached, dispassionate, inattentive, insensitive, nonchalant, unalarmed, unbothered, undisturbed, unengaged, uninterested, uninvolved, unperturbed, untroubled.
    As Seen by Others:
    No matter how bad things get, nothing seems to bother him.
    He sort of accepts life as it comes.
    Abstractions never get in his way and bog him down.
    If he's not satisfied with the way things are, you wouldn't know it by looking at him.
    Acts like he doesn't care about what's going on.
    He is serenity's poster child.
RECOLLECTIVE
    Related Traits: Effusive, memoried, nostalgic, reflective, reminiscent, retrospective, sentimental.
    As Seen by Others:
    Prone to talk about the past as he remembers it—or chooses to remember it
    As Seen by Others:
    When describing the past, tends to dress it unfairly.
    Able to recall precise dates, situations, and who was there.
    Has a strong grasp of history or past relationships.
    He can describe past events in detail, like it was yesterday.
    His capacity for remembering names and faces is remarkable.
    More interested in talking about the past than the present, and makes more of it than what was ever really there.
FORGETFUL
    Related Traits: Absent-minded, amnesiac, heedless, memoryless, neglectful, oblivious, unmindful, unremembering.
    As Seen by Others:
    His ability to recall what happened or didn't happen in the past isn't very strong.
    Has a hard time remembering names, dates, birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, and so on.
    Somehow, things just slip easily from his mind.
    His memory has become impaired as a result of an injury.
    If it held little importance for him at the time it happened, the odds are good that he won't remember it later.
    His preoccupation with one thing makes him forget other things.
ANTICIPATIVE
    Related Traits:
    Divinatory, expectant, farseeing, farsighted, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, intuitive, long-sighted, oracular, precognitive, precognizant, predictive, predictory, premonitory, presageful, prescient, prognostic, telepathic.
    As Seen by Others:
    Sometimes talks about having a vague feeling that something is going to happen before it actually does.
    Can look at things around him and give you a general idea of what's going to happen down the road.
    Has displayed the ability to look at a situation, or some facts, and make a somewhat accurate prediction about what is likely to occur.
    Has been able to determine what is happening to someone at the very moment it is taking place.
    Can sometimes discern a future event, though perhaps not in specific detail.
    Displays a talent for seeing the future, based upon his reading of particular signs that occur.
    Uses atmospheric changes, the arrangement of numbers, biblical passages, the position of the planets to determine something that will occur in the future.
UNANTICIPATIVE
    Related Traits: Inexpectant, shortsighted, unaware, unsuspecting.
    As Seen by Others:
    Things slip up on him, just as it does in the case of most people.
    Can't even tell you what's going to happen tomorrow, much less what is going to take place far in the future.
    Always caught off guard.
    Surprised whenever something "unexpected" happens, though the evidence of its