will the conflict cease the character from reaching his goal?

Have You Completed A Character Questionnaire?

by: Nick Vernon
Creative Writing Tips -
Full a character questionnaire for every of your major characters and even secondary characters that play a significant position in your story. This fashion you will know your character(s) nicely earlier than you begin writing about them.
Fill in as much details about them as attainable. Don't only reply what you have to in your story. The target right here is to get to know your character till he becomes a ‘dwell' person in your thoughts.
So let's begin…
In a few sentences write down a abstract of the plot
Character's private particulars
Surname
Age
In a couple of sentences write down the character's back story (a bit about his background)
The function of the character in your story
What are character's goals?
What are character's motivations?
What's the character's conflict?
How will the conflict cease the character from reaching his goal?
What is he going to do to overcome the battle?
What issues will crop up through the story?
How will those issues worsen?
What will the character do to overcome those issues?
How will he resolve the battle?
How will your character's background influence how he behaves in your story?
What is the relationship with different characters, if any, in your story?
Bodily Descriptions
He is with his boss
He's with a colleague
Persona
Distinguishable traits?
Total persona?
How does his character change when he's experiencing different emotions?
How does he act when he feels assured?
How does he act when he feels insufficient?
What gestures does he use when he talks and thinks?
How does he walk? With confidence? Does he slouch or stride?
What mannerisms does he have? (Does he fold his arms? Does he flick his hair?)
How does he converse? (Clearly, mumble, confidently, drawl and many others.)
His voice? (Wealthy, loud, smooth, and so on)
His vocabulary? (Informal, formal, illiterate etc)
What does he assume when he's alone?
Does he have any secrets he hasn't disclosed to anybody?
His prejudices?
Dominant motives?
Values most?
Needs most?
How does he deal with these around him? (kids, superiors, etc)
Any vices or virtues?
Life-style
Does character reside in a home, apartment and many others
Does character like where he lives?
Does the place he lives replicate what kind of individual he's?
Does he have a favourite room? (Or a piece of furniture or other object and so forth)
Does he have a automotive? What sort? Does the automobile reflect the individual he is?
Any hobbies? Personal habits (neat, sloppy and many others)
Background
What sort of childhood did the character have?
What sort of adolescence did the character have?
What sort of schooling did character endure? (Personal or public? Has this shaped who he's?)
What was the very best-level achieved at school?
Citizenship/Ethnic Origin?
By which country does he currently dwell?
If the country he lives in shouldn't be where he was born, why does he dwell there?
Character's current place
Has the character been engaged earlier than?
Any kids?
Angle in the direction of the opposite sex?
Angle towards life?
What kind of jobs has the character had previously?
Is character content material in present employment?
If not, what would be their dream job?
What do you are feeling for this character?
Admire
Love
Hate
Dislike
Like
Pity
Envy
Whatever you feel for this character, your emotions have to be strong. If they don't seem to be, both construct on this further or begin constructing another character altogether.
About The Creator
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This article was posted on August 24, 2004