Secret Diaries of 'X'
Secret Diaries of 'X'
What if your favorite character kept a private journal… but it didn’t sound like them at all?
What if your favorite character kept a private journal… but it didn’t sound like them at all?
Choose a fictional character from any book, movie, TV show, comic, or game.
Write a diary or journal entry as if it were secretly written by that character.
The twist: The voice of the diary should contrast with how we normally know them.
Serious characters might write silly or childlike.
Goofy characters might write in elegant, Shakespearean prose.
Heroes might confess to being insecure.
Villains might reveal something tender.
Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants):
“Verily, the idioms I am disposed to are of a nature both profound and ineffable. Alas, my ice cream cone hath melted anon.”
Batman (Batman):
“Mean man have makeup on face much. He laugh. People go into farm space. Die. Like family. Sad.”
Darth Vader (Star Wars):
“Dear Journal, the Death Star staff keep avoiding eye contact. Must be the breathing. Or the Force-chokes. Possibly both.”
Play with tone: Change the style of the writing, not just the content.
Lean into surprise: The bigger the contrast between the “real” character and their diary voice, the funnier or more thought-provoking it will be.
Experiment with format: A single long diary entry, a week of short notes, or even doodle-like fragments.
At least 1 full page of writing.
Character and contrast should be clear to the reader.
Have fun imagining their “secret interior world.”