This is mostly taken note from Anthony Owen's Weblog.
The Givens
These are the things that you almost NEED to know about any given character to even be able to put him or her on paper (or into your word processor). They give the general descriptive attributes of a character. Obviously, this sketch template is designed more toward a modern fiction character. You'd adjust these for using historical, science-fiction, fantasy, or other drastically different character.
Name
Age
Height
Ethnicity
Hair Color
Hair Style
Eye Color
Profession
Details
A great deal can be said for the details. Knowing some of these things about your character can really help you get in their mind, understand how they see the world, and create engaging dialog, scenes, and descriptions.
Facial Attributes
Here, you can lay out some more specific notes about the size, shape, color, texture, or other pinpointed detail about a character's face.
Nose
Mouth
Chin
Cheeks
Skin condition
extras (e.g. freckles, dimples, moles, beauty-marks, and more)
Body Attributes
How is your character built from toe to neck? Is she skinny, ample, fat, tall, short, gargantuan? Does he have broad shoulders or hunched ones. Are her arms long and lithe, or short and stubby with flying squirrel flaps?
Body Shape: Hourglass, V frame, Pear, Apple, etc.
Proportions 2: Long or short legs, long or short torso, arm length, finger length, etc.
Where does your character buy his/her clothes?
This actually says a lot about the character and in most instances, you can take a day and visit the local mall to scout out potential duds for him or her.
Dollar store
Wal-Mart/K-mart
Target
The Gap
The Limited
L.L. Bean
Eddie Bauer
J.C. Penny's
Designer Clothing Boutiques
The Weird Stuff
Behavior Traits: How does your character approach life? I like to break this down between nature and face. The nature is the underlying truth of the character, but the face is what others may see. This will help you distinguish between what the character says, thinks, and does.
Quirks: Like I said above, everyone has them. Maybe your character's eye twitches when he or she lies. These add tons of flavor.
What does your character think about death or the afterlife?
Does your character believe in aliens?
Does the character put his or her socks on before or after their pants?
so there you guys go. If any questions are to be questioned, be sure to write them down in a pm to me or on this book.
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