Monday, March 20, 2017

April A to Z Blog Challenge Theme Reveal


Are you a writer looking for some interesting personality traits and quirks to freshen up your characters? Or maybe you’re a logophile, someone who loves words, and wants to collect more of them. Either way, you’ve come to the right place.

Welcome to Personality Quirks A to Z. “Romance Righter” is a blog addressing relationship issues, including romance, especially in terms of and with applications for writing novels. Therefore it is the perfect site to talk about personality quirks.

Most days this month (my masters give four Sundays off; I’ll post on Sunday the 30th) you will find a new-to-you—I hope—word that describes a personality quirk or trait, even some personality disorders, that I will define and then give examples for how to create a character displaying those traits.

To avoid the awkwardness surrounding manipulating pronouns, I am using gender neutral pronouns I wrote an article about in Elementary English (a publication of National Council of Teachers of English) decades ago. Heesh for he or she; shis for his or her; shim for him or her, and shimself for himself or herself.

The letters highlight a problem I have always had with this challenge. There are more words to choose from than I can reasonably do! This year I intend to stick with just one word and resist the part of me that wants to give you more as I have in past years. So I will fight decidophobia, the fear of making decisions, that plagues Librans like me. One word a day. I promise (myself)!

Plan to come back often, and let me know in the comments below how I can find your site and read your musings this month. 

Here’s where to find out more about the April A to Z BlogChallenge.

16 comments:

  1. Great blog theme. I can't wait to read it all. Your link did not work on the A to Z post. I thought you would want to know. This is too good a topic for people to miss.
    Ann at Science Ladybug and Science Ladybug

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    1. Thanks so much, Ann. I struggle with this every year. Slow learner! lol I am looking forward to checking out your posts as well!

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    2. Ann, "So much to choose from" didn't work as a link. But I clicked the Science Ladybug, repeated, and it did work. I have a love-hate relationship with technology!

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  2. Count me in as a follower. I like your idea.

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    1. Thanks, Harvey. I look forward to seeing you again. You can subscribe to this blog so you get notification when a new post is up.

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  3. Very interesting theme. I'm curious to learn how many quirky personalities you can come up with!
    https://denapawling.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-to-z-challenge-theme-reveal.html

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    1. Hi, Dena. How many Well, exactly 26! LOL I'm headed over to your post next to check it out. Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. Great theme. I'll be back to check your posts out.

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
    Story Dam
    Patricia Lynne, Indie Author

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping in, Patricia. I am checking out your theme reveal topic. Isn't this fun?

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  5. Sounds like some interesting things to contemplate. Have fun with the Challenge!

    Arlee Bird
    Tossing It Out Theme Reveal: It's About Time

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  6. Hi, Arlee. I just love this challenge every year! I am looking forward to the beginning of the postings. I have several done so far to keep the stress down during the month. Thanks so much for stopping in. I hope to see you again. Now, off to check out your theme!

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  7. Now this sounds great. Adding you to my a-z blogroll right now.

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    1. Thanks, Keith. It's been fun to put together. I'll take a peek in at your reveal to see what's happening with you in April!

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  8. I am a writer! And I'm sure I have some characters who could benefit from a personality quirk or two. Will check back with you soon!

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  9. Terrific! Are you participating in the A-Z Challenge? If so, I'd like to check out your posts, too! Thanks for coming by. If you subscribe, you'll get a notice of when new posts are up.

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