No more
character
sheets.

A free PDF from Sophia Chang
two actor’s exercises for —
Writing characters from the inside out.

How do actors make their characters so real? NOT by filling out character sheets. Now you can borrow two of my favorite on-set techniques. Four pages. Discover your character, finish your book.

What's inside
01
The full 15-minute Discovery Journaling walkthrough
02
A 5-step Body Work exercise stolen from rehearsal halls
03
Eight first-person prompts you can run today
04
An invite to my newsletter — Books. Biceps. No B.S.

“I thought your strategies were awesome. I can’t wait to try them. I need to go back and revise a character now that I did your activity! I appreciate that you are sharing your knowledge.

Lisa A. Ghilardi Hudson, MAED lisaghilardihudson.com
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Exercise Two
Character Body Work
Find your character
in your body.
Posture is character. The body holds answers your brain hasn't found yet.
1
Get into your body
2
Find their posture
3
Speak as them
4
Explore their space
5
Write it down
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Exercise One
Discovery Journaling
Get on the page as your character.
Before you write the scene, be the character. Set a timer, drop into first person, and let your character's voice come through your hand.
Setup
Guidelines
Sample Prompts
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    I found her exercises in embodying characters revelatory in transforming them from outlines lying flatly on the page to fully rounded beings speaking with distinct voices and taking on lives of their own.

    Sophia Chang is a hugely engaging and inspiring communicator — she offers insights simply unavailable anywhere else. Just be warned — your characters may get up to all kinds of mischief!

    Rich Hasnip Playwright & Course Leader, Applied Theology & Performing Arts · Regents Theological College, Malvern, UK