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I go through these questions to figure out the points where I have to flesh out my characters.

"Sick of those character sheet templates that only ask for name, age, and hair color? Try filling out this monstrosity. I found it while cleaning out my files. It's a little badly equipped to handle fantasy or non-human characters, but you can always add your own questions and categories. Some questions don't pertain to certain characters or situations, and a lot of the details seem pretty pointless, but it really makes you think about you characters. Which is always helpful, in my experience.

Character Chart

• Character’s full name:
• Reason or meaning of name:
• Character’s nickname:
• Reason for nickname:
• Birth date:

Physical appearance

• Age:
• How old does he/she appear:
• Weight:
• Height:
• Body build:
• Shape of face:
• Eye color:
• Glasses or contacts:
• Skin tone:
• Distinguishing marks:
• Predominant features:
• Hair color:
• Type of hair:
• Hairstyle:
• Voice:
• Overall attractiveness:
• Physical disabilities:
• Usual fashion of dress:
• Favorite outfit:
• Jewelry or accessories:

Personality

• Good personality traits:
• Bad personality traits:
• Mood character is most often in:
• Sense of humor:
• Character’s greatest joy in life:
• Character’s greatest fear:
• Why?
• What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil?
• Character is most at ease when:
• Most ill at ease when:
• Enraged when:
• Depressed or sad when:
• Priorities:
• Life philosophy:
• If granted one wish, it would be:
• Why?
• Character’s soft spot:
• Is this soft spot obvious to others?
• Greatest strength:
• Greatest vulnerability or weakness:
• Biggest regret:
• Minor regret:
• Biggest accomplishment:
• Minor accomplishment:
• Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about:
• Why?
• Character’s darkest secret:
• Does anyone else know?

Goals

• Drives and motivations:
• Immediate goals:
• Long term goals:
• How the character plans to accomplish these goals:
• How other characters will be affected:

Past

• Hometown:
• Type of childhood:
• Pets:
• First memory:
• Most important childhood memory:
• Why:
• Childhood hero:
• Dream job:
• Education:
• Religion:
• Finances:

Present

• Current location:
• Currently living with:
• Pets:
• Religion:
• Occupation:
• Finances:

Family

• Mother:
• Relationship with her:
• Father:
• Relationship with him:
• Siblings:
• Relationship with them:
• Spouse:
• Relationship with him/her:
• Children:
• Relationship with them:
• Other important family members:

Favorites

• Color:
• Least favorite color:
• Music:
• Food:
• Literature:
• Form of entertainment:
• Expressions:
• Mode of transportation:
• Most prized possession:

Habits

• Hobbies:
• Plays a musical instrument?
• Plays a sport?
• How he/she would spend a rainy day:
• Spending habits:
• Smokes:
• Drinks:
• Other drugs:
• What does he/she do too much of?
• What does he/she do too little of?
• Extremely skilled at:
• Extremely unskilled at:
• Nervous tics:
• Usual body posture:
• Mannerisms:
• Peculiarities:

Traits

• Optimist or pessimist?
• Introvert or extrovert?
• Daredevil or cautious?
• Logical or emotional?
• Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat?
• Prefers working or relaxing?
• Confident or unsure of himself/herself?
• Animal lover?

Self-perception

• How he/she feels about himself/herself:
• One word the character would use to describe self:
• One paragraph description of how the character would describe self:
• What does the character consider his/her best personality trait?
• What does the character consider his/her worst personality trait?
• What does the character consider his/her best physical characteristic?
• What does the character consider his/her worst physical characteristic?
• How does the character think others perceive him/her:
• What would the character most like to change about himself/herself:

Relationships with others

• Opinion of other people in general:
• Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others?
• Person character most hates:
• Best friend(s):
• Love interest(s):
• Person character goes to for advice:
• Person character feels responsible for or takes care of:
• Person character feels shy or awkward around:
• Person character openly admires:
• Person character secretly admires:
• Most important person in character’s life before story starts:
• After story starts:

Wow that was long. O_O"