June 14, 2021
Write a top 10 list in the voice of a character. Is your character a person making a bucket list? How about someone listing their greatest fears? What does the list they make say about the character?
I knew this one was going to be tough from the moment I posted it. Most of my major characters live for the moment and don’t make bucket lists, so I decided I’d do it from the voice of one of my secondary characters. Folks, meet Lando Soldati.
Lando is a tall, lanky programmer at Shifter Technologies, and one of the first employees hired by Eli Hennessey. He’s smart but doesn’t take life seriously, which makes him the perfect sidekick for Eli., who has a habit of overthinking things. Lando changes his hair color regularly, and his favorite accessory is a bright red mohawk hairpiece.
Now for his bucket list, in his words and in no particular order:
- Win a prize at the San Diego Comic Con. I need to come up with something besides one of the Avengers because there’s so much competition. Maybe Warpath? Or Dr. Who?
- Write a program that Eli can’t find any flaws in. No matter how good I think am, he always finds a way to make my coding better. One day, I’d like to match his skill.
- Buy a house. Living in an apartment has its advantages – I don’t have to worry about maintenance – but I’d like to have a place where I don’t have to listen to the neighbor’s baby crying at 3 in the morning.
- Travel to both the North and South Poles. Weird, but blame it on Mrs. Pascarella and learning about Roald Amundsen in fourth grade.
- Find a woman who will put up with me. I never thought much about it until I saw Eli and Harmony together. I’d like to have that kind of relationship with someone.
- Design a game. Not necessarily to sell, just to say I did it. Bragging rights. I love to play them, so why not create one?
- Convince Harmony to go to a Comic Con with me. She’d make a great Spitfire.
- Visit the Oregon Coast. The one time I was there, I was too busy working to enjoy it, and barely got to see the redwoods in Northern California. I’d like to drive the entire coastal highway.
- While I’m at it, I should take a trip to Silicon Valley and soak up the techy atmosphere. Not that I’d want to live there, but it would be fun to visit. I wonder how much time off I can talk Eli into letting me take?
- I can win any cops and robbers computer game that’s made. I spend all day writing code for police departments but I’ve never got to hang out with actual cops. Some day, I’d like to do a ride-along with police officers in real life and see them in action.
And that’s Lando for you. Sweet guy who hasn’t got life figured out yet, but is working on it. I’ve tried giving him his own love interest a time or two, but it’s never worked out.
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As always, until next time, please stay safe!
June 14, 2021
Write a top 10 list in the voice of a character. Is your character a person making a bucket list? How about someone listing their greatest fears? What does the list they make say about the character?
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