Character Development Part 2

For the main character, I thought I would make him an introvert, so this meant looking into jobs he could be comfortable doing.

• http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/best-jobs-introverts
• http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/best-jobs-for-introverts#.nuwb5zjwL
• http://www.rd.com/slideshows/jobs-for-introverts/
• http://lonerwolf.com/jobs-for-introverts/

One job i thought would be good for him would be an Archivist. This would link in well with the main character's partner's enthusiasm for Railways (which is current through the story).

• https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/archivist.aspx

However, as the above link shows, there is required people skills and a high qualification. The main character is supposed to be a low-level achiever in terms of a job, where he would be more comfortable doing something that doesn't require having to be around people often.

I think of him being a manual, hands-on guy who would rather be 'doing' something rather than wasting his time speaking to people.

Someone I base him on is a mechanic, but he's pretty free-lance and gets call-outs instead of having to work for a company. This is something I can imagine him being. This also ties in with his partner's railway enthusiasm because he becomes more interested in railway mechanics and engine operation.

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As for the main character's partner, his development will still be important, as it circulates the main character's personality.

The partner I see as someone who is more extroverted, which would be opposing the main's introverted. So I began thinking about him being a photographer, as he would be likely to be taking photos of trains and stations, so his skills of photography would come in handy. If this is the case, then he would probably be a professional wedding photographer, or one who specialised in photographing a certain topic such as wildlife or even, perhaps, trains!

Then I thought that perhaps this was not a stable job and began thinking about what else would link both men together in their professions. The key was the railway, the linking of two seemingly different personalities.

I then thought about him being a History Teacher, someone who was keen on history (specifically railways) but in a stable job. It is also a polar opposite to a Mechanic, but both are a balance to the other, and therefore, the two are in harmony learning the other's knowledge on the subject.