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CHARACTERS EXERCISE The One Word Character Test

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The One Word Test: A Character Interview
What is one word worth?​

The One Word Test is a character interview where the answers are limited to the use of a single word answer. These answers can be literal or abstract, but they have to be just one word. The exercise, aside from being one I've found a lot of fun in the past, is to convey as much about a character as possible with a small amount of information. I'll regularly update this thread with new questions. Feel free to answer as many or as few as you want, on as many or as few characters as you want.


1. "What are you?"
2. "Where are you?"
3. "Where would you like to be?"
4. "Why would you like to be there?"
5. "Who would you like to be with?"
6. "What do you value?"
7. "What do you want to give?"
8. "What do you want to receive?"
9. "Where is home?"
10. "Where are you going?"
11. "What do you do?"
12. "Why do you do it?"
13. "What do you like about it?"
14 "What do you hate about it?"
15. "What do you do for fun?"
16. "What are you like?"
17. "What would you like to do at the end?"
18. "What would be the last thing you do?"
19 "What would be your last words?"
20. "How do you want to die?"
21. "What do you do?"
22. "Why do you do it?"
23. "What do you like about it?"
24. "What do you hate about it?"
25. "What do you do for fun?"
26. "What would you do at the end?"
27. "What would be the last thing you do?"
28. "Where would you like to be at the end?"
29. "What would be your last words?"
30. "How do you want to die?"​
 
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Character: Kaoru Sakisaka
1. "What are you?"
Spirit.
2. "Where are you?"
Work.
3. "Where would you like to be?"
Home.
4. "Why would you like to be there?"
Tired.
5. "Who would you like to be with?"
Yuuji.
 
Second Set​
6. "What do you value?"
7. "What do you want to give?"
8. "What do you want to receive?"
9. "Where is home?"
10. "Where are you going?"
 
Third Set​
11. "What do you do?"
12. "Why do you do it?"
13. "What do you like about it?"
14 "What do you hate about it?"
15. "What do you do for fun?"
 
Character: Alice Willowood

1. "What are you?"
Satyr
2. "Where are you?"
Alleyway
3. "Where would you like to be?"
Home
4. "Why would you like to be there?"
Comfort
5. "Who would you like to be with?"
Parents
6. "What do you value?"
Family
7. "What do you want to give?"
Love
8. "What do you want to receive?"
Nothing
9. "Where is home?"
Friends
10. "Where are you going?"
Nowhere
11. "What do you do?"
Chess
12. "Why do you do it?"
Fun
13. "What do you like about it?"
Win
14 "What do you hate about it?"
Lose
15. "What do you do for fun?"
Sleep
 
Custom character for my stories: Nikko Liasa



1. "What are you?"
Alchemist
2. "Where are you?"
Apothecary
3. "Where would you like to be?
Laboratory
4. "Why would you like to be there?"
Chemicals
5. "Who would you like to be with?"
Teacher
6. "What do you value?"
Potions
7. "What do you want to give?"
Health
8. "What do you want to receive?"
Drugs
9. "Where is home?"
Here
10. "Where are you going?
Nowhere
11. "What do you do?"
Alchemy
12. "Why do you do it?"
Fun
13. "What do you like about it?"
Health
14 "What do you hate about it?"
Kaboom
15. "What do you do for fun?"
Drugs
 
Fourth Set​
16. "What are you like?"
17. "What would you like to do at the end?"
18. "What would be the last thing you do?"
19 "What would be your last words?"
20. "How do you want to die?"
 
Character: Dominique Capwell

1. "What are you?"
Police
2. "Where are you?"
Morus
3. "Where would you like to be?
Earth
4. "Why would you like to be there?"
Family
5. "Who would you like to be with?"
Butch
6. "What do you value?"
Respect
7. "What do you want to give?"
Protection
8. "What do you want to receive?"
Respect
9. "Where is home?"
Earth
10. "Where are you going?
Forward
11. "What do you do?"
Work
12. "Why do you do it?"
Change
13. "What do you like about it?"
Duty
14 "What do you hate about it?"
Disrespect
15. "What do you do for fun?"
Guns
16. "What are you like?"
Serious
17. "What would you like to do at the end?"
Protect
18. "What would be the last thing you do?"
Protect
19 "What would be your last words?"
Remember
20. "How do you want to die?"
Hero
 
Ray:

1. What are you?
A fire demon
2. "Where are you?"
Hell
3. "Where would you like to be?"
Home
4. "Why would you like to be there?"
Normalcy
5. "Who would you like to be with?"
My younger sister, Emily.
6. "What do you value?"
Loyalty
7. "What do you want to give?"
Protection
8. "What do you want to receive?"
Freedom
9. "Where is home?"
The human world
10. "Where are you going?"
Anywhere but here
11. "What do you do?"
*sigh* Whatever my…master tells me to do.
12. "Why do you do it?"
No choice.
13. "What do you like about it?"
Nothing.
14 "What do you hate about it?"
Um everything.
15. "What do you do for fun?"
Messing with people I guess...
16. "What are you like?"
Short-tempered
17. "What would you like to do at the end?"
Escape from Hell
18. "What would be the last thing you do?"
Saving lives
19 "What would be your last words?"
"Go on without me."
20. "How do you want to die?"
Fighting
 
Fifth Set​
21. "What do you do?"
22. "Why do you do it?"
23. "What do you like about it?"
24. "What do you hate about it?"
25. "What do you do for fun?"
 
Character; Stevens, The Guardian
1. "What are you?" Bastion.
2. "Where are you?" Far.
3. "Where would you like to be?" Safe.
4. "Why would you like to be there?" Ward.
5. "Who would you like to be with?" Comrades.
6. "What do you value?" Sincerity.
7. "What do you want to give?" Enough.
8. "What do you want to receive?" Understanding.
9. "Where is home?" Wherever.
10. "Where are you going?" Along.
11. "What do you do?" Shield.
12. "Why do you do it?" Love.
13. "What do you like about it?" Nonlethal.
14. "What do you hate about it?" Heavy.
15. "What do you do for fun?" Cook.
16. "What are you like?" Practical.
17. "What would you like to do at the end?" Rest.
18. "What would be the last thing you do?" Stand.
19. "What would be your last words?" Unafraid.
20. "How do you want to die?" Protecting.
 
Sixth Set​
26. "What would you do at the end?"
27. "What would be the last thing you do?"
28. "Where would you like to be at the end?"
29. "What would be your last words?"
30. "How do you want to die?"
 
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