Christelle is a classical ballet dancer from France. At 23 years old, the zeal for life was both in her eyes and in her dance. With brown hair, long pale limbs and striking facial bones, she was the embodiment of her craft. Her first dramatic ballet performance was scheduled in the spring, two years ago. It was to take place at an aristocratic wedding held in the Royal French Court in 2007. This ballet performance was trusted to be the dream opportunity to obtain a professional appointment. Injury to her right knee during a routine practice left her unable to partake in the ceremony. The condition deteriorated and she fell hopelessly out of training and into a deep depression. Along with the advice of a counselor to follow her passion, she felt that moving to New York City to apply as an assistant ballet instructor would somehow mend her broken heart. What she found within herself was the inability to trust strangers, yet loved her students with her soul. They danced for her, as they knew their pointed toes and perfect turns were the only thing to soothe her loneliness.
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Prompt: Create a Character
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A contest entry
- Create me a character. by Antebellum.
400 points, ended October 31, 11 entries
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wow this is great. you brought the picture to life.
thanks for entering. -
wow.
you actually made her someone.
you do good fictional prose. do it more often
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You have given us so much of this wonderful lady in so few words. Christelle has depth, duality, and strength. I like that you have given her a resolution of fulfillment in the end. Nice job.
Love,
Camille
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She lives
Having danced ballet for many years in my youth, I felt a connection to Christelle. Giving it up when I was 19 due to an injury, I felt an even stronger connection to Christelle's plight. Did you write this character about me, Steve? Okay, just kidding, really kidding! Seriously, I did feel a real person was here, and by the end, I wondered what happened to her next. This could be the beginning to a short story. I couldn't help but notice how the name you chose, Christelle, reminded me of "gazelle", and the leaping gracefulness that both possess, nice touch, if you meant it that way...
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woah!!!! what a character! at first i was like...is she real? is this a real story...i'm quite impressed amazing job with this one
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"Real" character
Christelle was real enough to me that right after reading the last sentence of what her students did to "soothe her loneliness", I went back to find out why she was lonely and why she had an "inability to trust strangers". I couldn't remember. It was like she was someone I knew, who had just told me something, and I couldn't remember what she said. It's a paragraph. I couldn't remember what she "said". I guess that makes her real.
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