Inkwell Imaginings Webinar: 7 Deadly Sins and Character Motivation

(I know, a day late, a dollar short and all that. Apologies from the bottom of my heart.)



This was form a special topic night at Inkwell Imaginings on the 7 Deadly Sins and character motivation. Below is the website the main source material came from as well as the writing exercise. Also below that is the list of examples that Inkwell came up with to aid in the writing exercise.

Enjoy!

http://errantdreams.com/pages/seven_sins

Group Writing Exercise: taking one cue from each of the categories of the Seven Deadly Sins, make up a scene using all of them as motivators for the character of your choosing.


Inkwell Example
Hipster: Geoff
Age: 19 (freshman in college)
Blond with Blue eyes
Serial Killer - Wrath
Jilted lover (Jillian) - Lust
Refuses to deal with the past rejection - Sloth
Love becomes his obsession - Gluttony
Kills those that resemble Jillian (can’t let anyone else have her) – Greed
Envious of those around him possessing love - Envy
Hipster – Pride

Take this example and do a ten minute writing exercise. Post your results below in the comments or link us to them.

Lust
sociopath
physical attraction
Jeffrey Dahmer
marriage
rape
stalking

Wrath
anger over minor situations
revenge driven
Westboro Baptist Church
protests
murder
war/religion

Sloth
refuses to deal with past
paying others to do things for you
Paris Hilton
Diplomacy instead of violence
poor health
failing school/dropout

Gluttony
power hungry
need for knowledge
Hannibal Lector
survival hoarding
obsession
garfield

Greed
mercenary
materialistic
Donald Trump
Leeman brothers
stealing “bread for family”
selling your soul

Pride
wanting to fix it all for GLORY
arrogance
Charlie Sheen
confidence
all talk/no play
hipster

Envy
fountain of youth
Elizabeth Bathroy
inspiration/motivation
jealousy
desire for another's wife/husband
grass is greener