My Writing Narrative

Page 2 Building A Character

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Hello everyone,

Below is the character sheet for Rania, the star of this project—my Fictional Paranormal Romance novel. My favorite kind. There’s still more to add, like her fictional address, but before I include that, I want to show you how I design the maps. The information from those maps will be added to the sheet later.

CHARACTER SHEET — RANIA EVANS
Rania Pronounced: rah-NIGH-ah
• rah — soft “a,” as in calm or father
• NIGH — long “i,” as in night
• ah — open, gentle ending

Taglines:
• A woman who walks between fear and knowing.
• A woman carrying a gift she never asked for and a purpose she never expected.


I. BASIC INFORMATION


Full Name: Rania Evans
Pronunciation: rah-NIGH-ah
Alias / Operational Name: Ms. Evans (used during sensitive investigations)
Age: Late 40s to early 50s
Residence: A quiet suburban home—intentionally ordinary, intentionally private


Occupation (Past)


• Off-book consultant for a classified State Department task group
• Specialist in missing-persons cases using intuitive sensory perception
• Assisted cross-jurisdictional cases involving USPS, FTC, FBI, and State Department


Occupation (Present)


• Civilian, early retirement
• Recently re-engaged with a confidential rapid-response missing-person unit (subject to change)


II. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION


Build: Slender to medium; moves with quiet deliberation
Height: Approximately 5’5”
Hair: Soft brown with silver strands; worn naturally
Eyes: Hazel-gray with a reflective brightness during visions
General Presence: Calm, reserved, observant; emotionally tired at times but physically steady

Notable Feature:
A faint, lightning-shaped mark near her shoulder/back—rarely mentioned, mostly symbolic.


III. PERSONALITY


Core Traits:
Empathic, observant, gentle, introspective, honest to a fault

Strengths:
• High emotional intelligence
• Steady during crises
• Trustworthy and discreet
• Intuitive pattern recognition

Limitations / Vulnerabilities:
• PTSD from earlier cases
• Emotional exhaustion
• Fear of being misunderstood or criminalized
• Hesitation to use her ability

Primary Motivation:
To prevent tragedies before they take root—before she is once again brought in too late.

Primary Fear:
Facing another case like the Virginia sting, where she sensed only loss.


IV. BACKSTORY

Childhood & Family


• Married for five years; husband died in a car accident
• Born into a family with deep government ties
• Her father—a principled State Department official—became her anchor
• Mother (TBD)


The Lightning Strike


• Life-altering event in early adulthood
• Cardiac arrest during the strike; survived with minimal damage
• Requires daily medication
• Afterward: sensory visions, emotional imprints, flashes of places and states of being
• Crowds overwhelm her


Recruitment into the State Department Unit


• Father shielded and supported her in her 20s after her husband’s death
• Joined an unofficial team to assist with:
– cross-agency missing-person cases
– child exploitation investigations
– jurisdictional conflict cases


The Virginia Sting (Breaking Point)


• Multi-agency operation
• Twenty computers seized
• Hundreds of victims
• No survivors sensed
• Final vision broke her
• She resigned the next morning; her father filed the paperwork


Life After Resignation


• Quiet living: gardening, family, small routines
• Tried to forget the gift
• Tried to outrun the gift
• The gift never truly slept


V. RANIA’S GIFT

Type: Intuitive-clairvoyant sensory perception

Triggers:
• photos
• clothing
• personal objects
• emotionally charged locations

Manifestation:
• Chest tightness
• Blurred peripheral vision
• Brief sensory flashes (movement, scent, temperature, sound)
• Emotional impressions rather than words

Strength:
Most effective during the “hope window”—the first 24–48 hours.

Limitations:
• Cannot change outcomes once death has occurred
• Cold cases produce muddy, unreliable visions
• Overuse drains her mentally and physically


VI. RELATIONSHIPS


Her Father
Former State Department official; protected her from legal and emotional harm.

Her Daughter
Loving and anxious; unknowingly becomes the bridge that pulls Rania back in (Keith’s case).

Captain Markus Irving Richardson
Agent Lorne’s supervisor.
Her new boss.
Opposed to using Rania.
Unfriendly, unaccepting.
Also—unbeknownst to both of them at first—her neighbor.

Agent Lorne
Rania’s partner and team lead.
Respects her boundaries; sees her gift as a tool, not a liability.

Local Law Enforcement
Mixed responses—some supportive, some suspicious.
A prior interrogation left deep emotional scars.


VII. INTERNAL CONFLICT

Primary:
Can she dare use her gift again, knowing what it costs?
Secondary:
Can she trust the system—or herself—enough to save someone in time?
Third:
Can she function on a team when the supervisor doesn’t believe in her work?


VIII. CHARACTER ARC

• Believes the gift is a curse
• Scarred by Virginia
• Dragged back in by Keith’s case
• Nearly destroyed by suspicion
• Laundromat case exposes danger
• First real victory: she helps save Lila
• Realization: the gift was never meant to show tragedy—it was meant to prevent it
• Reawakening: joins a new confidential early-intervention unit
• New purpose: steps into her role with intention, not fear



IX. AUTHOR NOTES

• Rania’s voice is soft, reflective, steady
• She never dramatizes—her emotions live in stillness
• Her gift is subtle, not cinematic
• She sees herself as ordinary; the gift is not her identity
• Quiet beauty, unaware of it
• Has not dated since her husband’s death
• Possible future romantic arc with Captain Markus (enemy-neighbor tension)


Plan:
Next, I’ll create character sheets for:
• Her father
• Her daughter
• The Captain
• Agent Lorne
• And brief notes on the Captain’s wife

My next post will share some of the research behind the overall story.
Come along and take a look behind the scenes.
Kind wishes,
Tee