Name:
Age:
Birthday:
General physical description:
Hometown:
Type of home/ neighborhood:
Father's name, background, and occupation:
Mother's name, background, and occupation: .
Brothers and sisters:
Position in family:
Other close relatives:
Family relationships:
Special friends:
Enemies:
Influential person or event:
Grade in school:
Attitude toward school:
Grades:
Favorite pastimes:
Hobbies (music/art/reading material):
Favorite sports:
Favorite foods:
Dress style:
Religion:
Attitude toward religion:
Relationship with boys:
Relationship with girls:
Leader or follower:
Strongest positive personality trait:
Strongest negative personality trait:
Sense of humor:
Temper:
Consideration for others:
How other people see him/her:
Opinion of him/herself:
Other traits, especially those to be brought out in story:
Ambitions:
Philosophy of life:
Most important thing to know about character:
Will readers like or dislike this character, and why?
Writing Character Profiles - Additional Questions
If your character has a job, is he or she good at it? Does he or she like it?
What are your character's bad habits?
If you asked about his or her greatest dream, what would your character tell you?
What's a secret dream that he or she wouldn't tell you about?
What kind of person does your character wish he or she could be? What is stopping him or her?
What is your character afraid of? What keeps him or her up at night?
What does your character think is his or her worst quality?
What do other people think your character's worst quality is?
What is a talent your character thinks he or she has but is very wrong about?
What did his or her childhood home look like?
Who was his or her first love?
What's the most terrible thing that ever happened to him/her?
What was his/her dream growing up? Did he/she achieve this dream? If so, in what ways was it not what the character expected? If your character never achieved the dream, why not?
In what situation would your character become violent?
In what situation would your character act heroic?
Basic Statistics
Name:
Age:
Nationality:
Socioeconomic Level as a child:
Socioeconomic Level as an adult:
Hometown:
Current Residence:
Occupation:
Income:
Talents/Skills:
Salary:
Birth order:
Siblings (describe relationship):
Spouse (describe relationship):
Children (describe relationship):
Grandparents (describe relationship):
Grandchildren (describe relationship):
Significant Others (describe relationship):
Relationship skills:
Physical Characteristics:
Height:
Weight:
Race:
Eye Color:
Hair Color:
Glasses or contact lenses?
Skin color:
Shape of Face:
Distinguishing features:
How does he/she dress?
Mannerisms:
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.)
Health:
Hobbies:
Favorite Sayings:
Speech patterns:
Disabilities:
Style (Elegant, shabby etc.):
Greatest flaw:
Best quality:
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes
Educational Background:
Intelligence Level:
Any Mental Illnesses?
Learning Experiences:
Character's short-term goals in life:
Character's long-term goals in life:
How does Character see himself/herself?
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others?
How self-confident is the character?
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof?
What would most embarass this character?
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Introvert or Extrovert?
How does the character deal with anger?
With sadness?
With conflict?
With change?
With loss?
What does the character want out of life?
What would the character like to change in his/her life?
What motivates this character?
What frightens this character?
What makes this character happy?
Is the character judgmental of others?
Is the character generous or stingy?
Is the character generally polite or rude?
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in God?
What are the character's spiritual beliefs?
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life?
If so, what role does it play?
