Birth Order

Did you know that the order in which you were born greatly affects you?
Well it does, read and see if it is...

The eldest is the apple of their parents eyes, because its their first wee darling-they are likely to be the most responsible.Two years later number 2 comes and number 1 has a fit of jealousy because they are no longer number 1 and only, they now have to share their parents. So the eldest will grow up saying "I was here" first and 2 will say "I try harder".
They will generally be in some kind of competion all their childhood days. The first might be good at drawing and the other scrapbooking [this is true for two people I know, remember I am first born]
One might be a socialite [generally the second] and the other not, they complement each other if they work together.Middle-ies tend to be peace makers, how sad for the 'norm' of 2 children!! [and they say life is unfair] We'll all be at logger heads.  
Youngest's  are the charmers, [this is probably the same for only children] they tend to expect things done for them, everybody else will be looking for baby's stuff while baby waits round.Bit of a mix huh?This is not always true though...

So what could they grow up to be?
Interesting Info from a counseler.
Eldests tend to be doctors CEOS lawyers 92% of US astronauts and 94% presidents were first born.
Seconds more popular.
Middles Peacemakers
Youngests, *because of their charm* make good actors, sales people and con- artists!
[Mr Wickham was the only child aka the youngest]
[Mr Darcy the eldest]
See how this can make a difference, to your character?

Something funny a person put all the eldests in a group, middles and youngests. They were all asked to do something, when their time was up, they were all ask to present, the oldests had elected a spokesperson to speak so he started, the middle said they hadn't enough time, and the youngests all started talking at once, familiar?

So where did I get all this info? Laurie Campbell *warning one bit one may like to skip*

-Miss Tiffany 

Enneagram

I've been reading Crafting unforgettable characters an e-book and its proving quite interesting *see end of post*
And it talked of enneagrams, ennea, means 9 in greek.I didn't know what that was and it has to do with psychology.

So what is an enneagram?
It is like the king, servant, thing in my meet me post.But it is more than that.
It's to do with different personalities [warning you can't actually say someone is 1 or 2 it's their choice]
So it's useful for guess what- finding your character's personality
so what could your character be?

1# Perfectionist or Reformer [I think this is like prophet]

2# Helper, Nurturer, Giver, Caretaker or Pleaser [Servant]

3# Achiever, Succeeder, Performer

4# Artist, Individualist, Romantic [Dreamer]

5# Observer, Watcher, Thinker

6# Trooper, Loyalist, Guardian, Defender

7# Enthusiast, Adventurer

8# Controller, Aggressor,  Chief [King]

9# Peacemaker, Mediator

Twos, Threes, Fours -come from the heart- these people are more caring, more emotional, think about the past-

Fives, Sixes Sevens- are from the head- these people tend to plan, plan, plan and think about the future-

Eights, Nines, and Ones-are from the gut/body- and I suppose you can tell what these people are like-they tend to think about now/the present.

And if you are writing about a husband and wife or romance, the same thing goes for them as in the preparing to be a help meet, opposites attract, good thing for us writers because it causes conflict, which is needed in stories, and it's just good in general, imagine two pleasers married! They'd  both be up at 5am bumping heads, because their making each other breakfast in bed!!!Or two Controllers trying to boss each other round.God knew!!! What a relief!*some people do marry the same but it's very rare*
Hope you found that interesting.I'll talk about how birth order can change your character.

Miss Tiffany

* You can get the free e-book crafting unforgettable characters at wordplay