AUTHORS
GOTTA WRITE – CHARACTER CHART
Your
characters are the life and blood of your story. It is important that
your characters stay "in character" and that your
characters are consistent in manors or speaking.
One
thing that helps me is a Character Chart (see below).
Whenever I create a new character in one of my stories, I put down
their information in a Character Chart, that way, if I have a
question about the character's appearance or behavior, all I have to
do is look back on the chart and see what I put down when I created
the character.
Keeping
your characters "in character" is a crucial point in
writing – one that is often easy to overlook or fail at without
even realizing it. Here is the Character Chart I use, and you can
copy it, if you would like to print it
out:
Name:
___________________________________________________________
Age:
_____________________________________________________________
Hair:
_____________________________________________________________
Eyes:
____________________________________________________________
Gender:
__________________________________________________________
Occupation(?):
_____________________________________________________
Parents:
___________________________________________________________
Relationship
with Parents: ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Sibling(s):
_______________________________________________________
Relationship
with Sibling(s): ________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Good
Personality Trait: ______________________________________________
Bad
Personality Trait: ________________________________________________
Greatest
Fear: ______________________________________________________
Greatest
Weakness: _________________________________________________
Greatest
Strength: ___________________________________________________
Allies:
____________________________________________________________
Goal:
____________________________________________________________
Motive(s):
_________________________________________________________
Defining
Features: __________________________________________________
Disability(?):
_____________________________________________________
Best
friend(s): ______________________________________________________
Rivals
(or enemies): _________________________________________________
He/She
is most proud of: _____________________________________________
He/She
is LEAST proud of: __________________________________________
Place
of Birth: _____________________________________________________
Date
of Birth: _____________________________________________________
Home:
____________________________________________________________
If
he/she could change anything about the world, it would be:
________________
__________________________________________________________________
Sense
of Humor(?): _________________________________________________
Describe
him/her in one word: ________________________________________
Personality
Before the Book: __________________________________________
Personality
After the Book: ___________________________________________
Romantic
Interest: __________________________________________________
Relationship
with Romantic Interest: ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
He/She
would be most embarrassed if: ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
He/She
would be most happy if: ________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
What
does he/she want to do when they’re older?
_________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Greatest
memory: __________________________________________________
Worst
memory: _____________________________________________________
Does
he/she ever get married? __________________________________________
If
so, do they have children? What are their names?
_________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Notes*:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
*Your
notes can be anything: what weapon (if any) your character fights
with, their opinions on their hometown, whether or not they wear
glasses, what they like to wear, etc.
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I
hope this helps you all as much as it helped me! :) And remember, feel free to use it if you want; just keep in the hashtag, if you can! XD
(Oh, and guys, it would really mean the world to me if you let me know what you think in the comments! You can tell me what you want me to post about next, whether or not my advice helped, and that sort of stuff. :D Thanks! :D)
-Beyond
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