Well, I need help making one. The person must be white, Male, age 30-18 and name Johnny Clapton. I would appreciate who ever helped me. I'm trying to get a feal for this so maby yours would help.
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Back-Round Story.
Well, I need help making one. The person must be white, Male, age 30-18 and name Johnny Clapton. I would appreciate who ever helped me. I'm trying to get a feal for this so maby yours would help.
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Well what is this for, and what is the story supposed to be about?
You may get more help if you spelled background correctly, though.
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You spelt "background" wrong.
Plus, why are you mooching off of us for your homework. If you don't have an imagination, nor the respect for us to at least say "please, and thank you," then I won't have respect to you.
That was just me being lazy. I can't come up with anything.
Google?
Edit: Hustle, you beat me.
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Please leave, you aren't helping. This isn't homework. I just need an idea on how to write backround stories. You are waisting space.
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lol guud lack on ur essey
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]Originally Posted by TheJESTERJ
Sorry, man. That made me LOL.
Civil, fine, sorry.
But, I'm actually trying to help you. Google is the best place to start. If anything, ask some of your english teachers to help you become better at writing (if you are trying to).
First, you need to give him a Birth Place (home country, descriptive time), then you must give a reason as to why the character is even main, or exists. Only then, after much editing and consideration, you can start writing a background story.
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Back-Round story? o_O
err...
"Name's Johnny Clapton, Male, single, 30 years of age, Caucasian, airboat operator. For nearly 25 years, the people here in Louisiana have recognized me as Honey Island Clapton. I've hunted the biggest flathead catfish to ever swim this here swamp, and killed the biggest gators to ever give me a second glance. When I was 5, around about the time I gots my nick, I'd gotten lost in the swamp. I'd been the only child to return home safely after 13 days of bein' dead lost in a swamp. I'm a hero round these parts. Some could even say a state treasure."
Yeah, sucks I know, but I was bored and decided to BS something.
Story writing isn't my forte.
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wasting.
And this may be better off in the RP forum. Basically, think about how you would like this character to act. Will he be a happy person, or a brooding and mysterious person? Then think about the motivation behind his action and personality.
Will he come from a privelaged family? Does he have some hidden tragedy no one knows about?
Make a list of things you want the audience / reader to know, then think about how you will show that to them.
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It has potential, Milk. That's what I thought of the name 'Johnny' when I first took a glance at it. Something with a southern type of feel to it.
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Try to disguise the fact that you're telling a character's background. Maybe the police are interrogating him? Maybe he payed a ****** with a credit card and now he's at the bank trying to get his account closed?
You know, stuff.
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Uhm....Jester...I'm afraid to tell you this, but that's called a story. Yes, a story.
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YOU'RE A STORY
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When Johnny was born, was the day his father died. He's father was a police officer on a routine patrol when a distress call erupted from his microphone. His father was later killed in a shooting, killed by Crack Dealers. His older brother, who supported the family through various odd-jobs soon left upon hearing the untimely demise of his father.
Johnny was quiet when he was little, resenting other kids who had a father. He would often imagine his father, what he looked like and what he would say. His favorite place to go when young was the waterside, where he could quietly fish. When Johnny turned 14, his mother remarried to an abusive man, who would often beat Johnny. Johnny would absorb the beatings often and eventually got fed up. He scavenged his room for a few necessities (Flashlight, food, knife) and off he went, heading towards the UK
Over the next couple of years, Johnny had come in touch with his musical abilities. He would often spend most of his time practicing his drumming. When he needed change, he would play on the side of the road for mere coins.
He started to figure that if he was going to form a band, he needed bandmates. So he set off and found a small gang of three kids, somewhat close to his age and fancied himself a new look, American Rock 'N Roll.
Three years later, him and his bandmates had saved up enough money to afford plane tickets to America, and settled in Texas, where they thought would be a good place to afford a band.
Of course, they never made it far and the band soon dispersed.
Johnny wanted to go someplace close to the bay side, for he often missed the invigorating smell of the Ocean, and longed the feel of sand. He set of to Los Santos, in hope to find some new bandmates was his excuse but he knew he might find his brother there, there assorted letters he had found one day in his mothers dresser.
He boarded onto the plane with a sign, twiddling his thumbs in anticipation. He gentle adjusted his metallic gray headphones with his fingers and squeezed down in his Ipod and scrolled until he found the song he enjoyed. He eased back, digging his thighs into his seat cushion and closed his eyes.
I tryed. Feel free to add on or change. D:
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Sure.
Johnny Clapton was a 22 year old drug dealer with black hair (touched by early grey), black stubble on his chin, and hazel eyes, about 5'8" who lived in San Francisco. He made most of his money selling to Berkley students, and lived cheap in an apartment he shared with three fresh-off-the-boat Chinese men who'd come over to find work. Last year he got dumped by his girlfriend, who works as a waitress late in the evening at a nearby Swiss Chalet. This had something to do witht he fact that Johnny would hang around, ignoring anyone telling him to leave, and with his holed and stained clothes and the musty smell that clung to him, drive off customers. Johnny also got into several fights with his girlfriend, who he was sure was seeing someone else. This culminated with them shouting at each other over the tables, and several other employees dragging Johnny out and throwing him in the street. He has several friends, bums and artists, or working strange professions like living statues or performance artists.
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This is constructive criticism; if you don't take my advice, don't make another thread about background stories.
I suggest you edit that background story's grammar, paragraph and sentence structure. Also, some spellings should be corrected.
Take time, don't rush.
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I understand all but can you point out he spellings?
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I started mine before seeing yours. I figured making a guy named Johnny Clapton (Johnny Rotten/Eric Clapton) be in a band is silly, and actively tried to do something a bit different from that.
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I really like yours, and I see you figured out where I got the name.
Can you elaborate on yours more and give more about his life, maybe at birth? You are a great help and an amazing writer!
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