Character Questionnaire

Discover things about your characters you didn't even know existed. I do these from time-to-time whenever I find a character falling flat, but I'm totally unwilling to let go of them. The beautiful thing about storytelling is that you always discover something you didn't even plan for. It's wonderful. the same goes for your characters. Believe it or not, they are people (well, representations of people) and that means they have layers (not unlike an ogre or an onion). They have desires, secrets, dreams, hopes, fears, annoyances, all of it.

Here is a questionnaire I stumbled upon and I like this one. It's a long one, but that's okay. I'm not saying you have to finish it all in one sitting, but it certainly helped me discover some things about Wolf I didn't know existed before I did this.

Happy Discovering!!!

Name:

Age:

Height:

Eye color:

Physical appearance:

Strange or unique physical attributes:

Favorite clothing style/outfit:

Where does he or she live? What is it like there?:

Defining gestures/movements (i.e., curling his or her lip when he or she speaks, always keeping his or her eyes on the ground, etc.):

Things about his or her appearance he or she would most like to change:

Speaking style (fast, talkative, monotone, etc.):

Pet peeves:

Fondest memory:

Hobbies/interests:

Special skills/abilities:

Insecurities:

Quirks/eccentricities:

Temperament (easygoing, easily angered, etc.):

Negative traits:

Things that upset him or her:

Things that embarrass him or her:

This character is highly opinionated about:

Any phobias?

Things that make him or her happy:

Family (describe):

Deepest, darkest secret:

Reason he or she kept this secret for so long:

Other people’s opinions of this character (What do people like about this character? What do they dislike about this character?):

Favorite bands/songs/type of music:

Favorite movies:

Favorite TV shows:

Favorite books:

Favorite foods:

Favorite sports/sports teams:

Political views:

Religion/philosophy of life:

Physical health:

Dream vacation:

Description of his or her house:

Description of his or her bedroom:

Any pets?

Best thing that has ever happened to this character:

Worst thing that has ever happened to this character:

Superstitions:

Three words to describe this character:

If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be?

Name:

Age:

Height:

Eye color:

Physical appearance:

Strange or unique physical attributes:

Favorite clothing style/outfit:

Where does he or she live? What is it like there?:

Defining gestures/movements (i.e., curling his or her lip when he or she speaks, always keeping his or her eyes on the ground, etc.):

Things about his or her appearance he or she would most like to change:

Speaking style (fast, talkative, monotone, etc.):

Pet peeves:

Fondest memory:

Hobbies/interests:

Special skills/abilities:

Insecurities:

Quirks/eccentricities:

Temperament (easygoing, easily angered, etc.):

Negative traits:

Things that upset him or her:

Things that embarrass him or her:

This character is highly opinionated about:

Any phobias?

Things that make him or her happy:

Family (describe):

Deepest, darkest secret:

Reason he or she kept this secret for so long:

Other people’s opinions of this character (What do people like about this character? What do they dislike about this character?):

Favorite bands/songs/type of music:

Favorite movies:

Favorite TV shows:

Favorite books:

Favorite foods:

Favorite sports/sports teams:

Political views:

Religion/philosophy of life:

Physical health:

Dream vacation:

Description of his or her house:

Description of his or her bedroom:

Any pets?

Best thing that has ever happened to this character:

Worst thing that has ever happened to this character:

Superstitions:

Three words to describe this character:

If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be?

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