Featured Character: Adventurer

Just thinking about my Adventurer makes me smile. At the end of this post, I’ll write more.

Do you know your Adventurer? If not, do the 5-Adjective Exercise first. Remember (from the book Who Are You, Really?) not to use a dictionary. How you express Adventurer will be different from anyone else, so it’s important to find your adjectives.

Using the emotional recall technique you learned in the book, remember a time your Adventurer was on your inner stage. Focus on how that felt. Once that feeling fills you, find five (more or less) adjectives that describe that feeling.

Remember, don’t worry if the adjectives don’t come right away. Give it some time. Even leave it and come back to it another day. Or it might come back to you: Out of the blue the perfect adjective arrives.

Also try one of the 3 Somes. You might start with Somewhere Else and its variant Sometime Else.

Is your Adventurer a Peripheral Character or an Established Character?

My Adventurer’s adjectives:

1.      Intrepid

2.      Eager

3.      Excited

4.      Joyous

5.      Energetic

6.      Open

7.      Child-like

8.      Non-judgmental

I use my Adventurer every day, whether it’s planning a meal or a trip, or working on another book. Whenever I’m up to something new, my Adventurer is invaluable because she listens to my other characters and provides a positive influence during decision making. Contemplating something new brings several of my characters downstage, for example:

·         Scared One,

·         Are You Nuts?! Gal

·         Nervous One

·         Two-Year-Old

·         Happy One

·         Timid One

·         Realist

My Adventurer likes all these characters and hears their point-of-view. She participates vigorously in the decision-making process but never sulks when the decision “to do or not to do” a new thing doesn’t go her way. She’s already off looking into the next new thing!