Choosing a talent or skill that fits with your character’s personality, lifestyle, and values can go a long way to helping them break free of the common stereotypes seen so often in fiction. This thesaurus will help you find the perfect quality or two that will show readers your character’s uniqueness while also acting as an asset when it comes to goal achievement.
When choosing a talent or skill, think about the personality of your character, his range of experiences and who his role models might have been. Some talents might be genetically imparted while others are created through exposure (such as a character talented at fixing watches from growing up in his father’s watch shop) or grow out of interest (archery, wakeboarding, or magic). Don’t be afraid to be creative and make sure the skill or talent is something that works with the scope of the story.
Hospitality
Description: some people have a knack at welcoming others. They know what to say and do to make people feel relaxed and comfortable. Making sure another’s needs are taken care of and that they feel appreciated are both key to hospitality. Providing food, drink, shelter and comforts are all aspects of taking care of others, but even more important…
Beneficial Strengths or Abilities: strong intuition and observation skills, being a people person, having knowledge of different…
Character Traits Suited for this Skill or Talent: observant, kind, dedicated, discreet, sincere, professional, resourceful…
Scenarios Where this Skill Might be Useful: being an entertainer; having a job where the well-being and satisfaction of others is one’s primary concern; living during…
TIP: Choose a talent or skill that makes your character memorable and helps them achieve their goals.
If this is something you’d like to learn more about, you might find these resources helpful. You can also see the full collection of talent and skill entries in their entirety at One Stop For Writers, where all our thesauruses are cross-referenced and linked for easy navigation. If you’re interested in seeing a free sampling of the Talent and Skill Thesaurus and our other descriptive collections, head on over and register at One Stop!
Angela is a writing coach, international speaker, and bestselling author who loves to travel, teach, empower writers, and pay-it-forward. She also is a founder of One Stop For Writers, a portal to powerful, innovative tools to help writers elevate their storytelling.
Haha scanning through my feed for some reason thought Hospitality as in Hospitals? Typical Monday-itis :S great post anyway haha
LOL, you’ve just described my every monday! Sending virtual coffee for us all 🙂
Great post! Life’s been crazy for me, but I have been reading your posts. Sorry for the lack of comments.
Don’t apologize, Sharon! Trust me, I totally get it. These days my life is just juggling, juggling… oi! Hope the writing is going well and you’re taking some time for yourself 🙂
Another good tool in our writer’s tool-belt. Thanks for a very helpful post.
Thanks, Rosi! 🙂 Hope you’re pounding out some good words today!
A good quality to have when you’re staying away from, from the hosts. It’s important to feel at home, appreciated, it makes you settle in for a better night of sleep.