Credo Assignment– Read this, answer the questions, write your credo
A credo is, simply, a personal statement of convictions. A credo is the writer's beliefs concerning topics he or she feels are highly important. It is focused most especially upon those portions of life that concern the writer most. It addresses topics about which the author has a deep emotional attitude, a burning anger, a scorn, an affection. It is, then, "This I believe . . ." It is uniquely your own. ." For playwrights - who are writers, after all - it ought to be a written credo. But any theatre artist will find that writing the credo forces careful thought. Writing provokes thinking.
The following questions should help you to develop a credo. Answer truthfully; have fun.
Superlatives
- What is the best thing about being male [female]?
- Who [or what] is your favorite superhero?
- Cartoon character?
- Book?
- Movie?
- Food?
- Music?
- Family member?
- Way to waste time?
- Holiday?
- Animal?
- Household object?
- Who is the sexiest person in the world?
- What do you like best about your best friend?
- What is the best present you ever gave?
- What is the best present you ever got?
- What is the most flattering thing anyone has ever said to you?
- What is the worst thing anyone has ever said to you?
- What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
- What is your greatest weakness as a friend?
- Your greatest regret?
- Your most embarrassing private thought?
- Your greatest fear?
- Your greatest extravagance?
- The biggest gamble of your life?
Answer the following questions truthfully. Try to figure out why you make the choices you do.
Do you like:
- Shopping?
- Mysteries or surprises?
- Firemen?
- Gossip?
- Health clubs?
- Cars?
- Beaches?
- Hats?
- Talk shows?
- Leather?
- Ambition?
- Muscles?
- Gold?
- Freckles?
- Competition?
- Bikers?
- Glasses?
- Power?
Yes or No:
- Life is fair.
- I feel better about people when they are not around.
- Women first.
- I like to dance.
- Couples should live together before marriage.
- I can lie with a straight face.
- I cry when I feel like crying.
- I watch too much TV.
- I feel better when I have a tan.
- Love means never having to say you’re sorry.
- It is better to give than to receive.
Pick one in each pair below:
- Spending or saving?
- Scented candle or room spray?
- Egypt or New Zealand?
- Karate or piano lessons?
- Whistle or siren?
- Cell phone or remote control?
- Dinner or party?
- Sony or Panasonic?
- Movie star or rock star?
- Gifts or attention?
- Fireworks or thunderstorm?
- Penthouse or farmhouse?
- Piercing or tattoo?
- Curtains or blinds?
- Ears or toes?
- High five or hug?
- Scrabble or monopoly?
- Jeans or khakis?
- Bach or Mozart?
- Appetizer or dessert?
- Roller coaster or Ferris wheel?
- Pond or waterfall?
- Rubber duck or sponge?
- Taxi or subway?
- Halloween or Thanksgiving?
- Night owl or early bird?
- Rain or crickets?
- Mellow or outgoing?
- French fries or cole slaw?
- Telling all or keeping secrets?
- Step by step or jump right in?
- Grey’s Anatomy or CSI?
- Take it or leave it?
The Tougher Questions -Answer the following questions truthfully.
- What is a good age to get married?
- How do you cool down from a fight?
- How do you cheer yourself up?
- How would you like to die?
- What song would you want to have played at your funeral?
- If you could outlaw one thing, what would it be?
- If there was thing you could change about yourself, what would it be?
- If you owned a restaurant, what kind of food would it serve?
- If you could go anywhere for a month, where would you go?
- If you changed sex for a day, what would you do?
- What quality do you find most appealing in the opposite sex?
- Do you believe yourself to be emotionally strong?
- What is your current state of mind?
- Describe a recent or recurring dream.
- What is your personal philosophy? What rules you?
- How do you picture heaven? Hell?
- Define sin.
- Do you believe in fate?