"As a major virtue, courage helps to define the excellent person and is no mere optional trait," writes George Kateb, a political theorist and emeritus professor at Princeton University.
"I suggest that six centuries before the first scientific report, Dante … depicted narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) in his literary works as an autobiographical trait," writes Giuseppe Plazzi of the University of Bologna's department of biomedical and neuro-motor sciences in an article for the Sleep Medicine journal.
If (s)he is a "bad guy," for every good trait, write two bad traits.
The Times conservative columnist David Brooks is a perfect example of a writer who has spent a life time perfecting all of those traits, writing vague, bourgeois opinion pieces catered specifically to the upper middle classes.
"Despite almost seven centuries of research, the lack of direct sources and autographic material mean that little is known about Dante's life and personal traits," writes Plazzi.
► New technologies like CRISPR "have made it easy for anyone with basic molecular biology training to insert, remove, and edit genes in cells, including sperm, eggs, and embryos, potentially curing genetic diseases or adding desirable traits," wrote Gretchen Vogel in the 20 March issue of Science.
List your character's good traits, but here's the catch: if (s)he is a "good guy," for every two good traits, write a bad trait.
Make sure to really focus on behaviors and personality traits when writing the job description.
"The act of denying equality in order to enslave, based on a single trait," Wise writes, "jeopardizes the equality of everyone". Of course, since the single trait here is a very significant one -- being a chimpanzee rather than being a human being -- these are arguments and comparisons that Wise acknowledges may ruffle some feathers.
"That's an awe-inspiring character trait," Owen writes, "but it's also a chilling one".
