Before you begin writing your story, it is important to know who your characters are. By filling out this sheet (fleshing out your characters, as the pros say) for all of your main characters before you start writing, it will help you understand how they will interact with each other and with the events in the story. It also helps create dynamic dialogue in your story! This sheet is fairly comprehensive, so feel free to only fill out parts of it if you don't feel like every field is necessary for your story.
(You can find a ton of these online, so if you don't like this one or just want to explore other options, you can just google "character worksheet" or something like that and find a bunch of resources. You can also google lists of character quirks, or ways to describe nose shape. Just in case you're not sure what to put for a certain field)
Basics
Name
Role
Age
Nationality
Relationships (describe the relationship)
Family members
Friends
Enemies
Physical Description
Eye color
Hair color
Hair style
Height
Weight
Body type
Glasses/contacts?
Skin color
Special features (scars, freckles, birth marks, etc.)
Lip shape
Eye shape
Nose shape
Smile
Dress style/fashion sense
Scent
Personality
Hobbies/talents
Favorite past times
Positive Traits/strengths
Negative Traits/flaws
Temper
Opinion of themself
Ambition
Fears
Quirks
Favorites (music, movies, sports, foods, books, etc.)
Short-term goals
Long-term goals
Religion
What makes them angry? Sad? Embarrassed?
How do they handle anger? Sadness? Embarrassment?
Introvert/Extrovert?
Social skills
Prejudice
Pet peeves
Sense of humor
Lifestyle
Career
Income
College Major
Car
Where they live (city/rural, big house/apartment, state, country, etc.)
Hometown
Economic status
Background story
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A Writer's Toolkit
Non-FictionThe second part to our writing journey. Anything that you might need as you create your masterpiece! Tips, your questions answered, names, ideas, plots, and weird words that you would never stumble upon if it weren't for this!
