"Imagine a crowded fast food restaurant. Pick several imaginary characters with very different personalities. Put words in their mouths as they order food or talk to their friends.
Then have your readers decide what kind of personalities the characters have, based on what you've written."
The band of customers inched forward as one-by-one they all placed their orders. The McDonald's was stuffy and there was barely room for people to mill about.
"What can I get for you?" The sweaty teenager in a yellow cap shouted. An auburn-haired woman with three friends sashayed up to the counter.
"Three fruit and yogurt parfaits," she turned to the shortest of the four women and stared at her coaxingly. Hesitantly, the second woman said,
"And a double cheeseburger. Please." The other three melted into titters while the short woman blushed furiously. A man with a graying beard and holey overalls scolded angrily,
"When you ladies have finished giggling, I think there's customers here who would actually like to eat." The women paid the cashier and hastened out of the way.
When the impatient man had voiced his string of lunch requests, it was the turn of a man in his early thirties, who carried a curly-haired three year old on his hip. The father appeared flustered but smiled down at his daughter as he spoke.
"A girl's chicken nuggets happy meal with a lemonade and a grilled chicken wrap with a diet coke." An elderly lady, who knitted while she waited, played peek-a-boo with the girl. When the dad pulled out his wallet, he paid in mostly coins and ones but he let the child help him count the money out.
The lady moved slowly to the counter, limping noticeably.
"A chocolate shake, dear" She requested smoothly.
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