Character Worksheet

MAIN CHARACTER WORKSHEET

Name:

Age:

Height/Weight:

Body type:

Scent:

Texture (i.e. of hands, skin, etc.):



Clothing style/frequently worn clothes:



Eye color (list synonyms):



Hair color and style (list synonyms):



Other distinguishing physical traits (2 or 3 unique tags, specific to only that character):



Action tags (i.e.scratching head, nail biting, etc.):



Verbal tags (i.e. “My, my,” “Huh?” etc.) (also list speaking style: talkative, soft-spoken, loud, formal, accent, fast,etc.):



Characteristic tags (i.e. timidity, drunkenness, arrogance, etc.):



Physical imperfections or something would most like to change:


Race/Ethnic group:


Religion:


Years of schooling:


Any special occupational training:


Occupation:


Past Occupations:


Skills, Abilities, and Talents:


Personality Type (Include Archetype):


Admirable personality traits (strengths):


Negative personality traits (weaknesses):


Quirks or eccentricities (off beat manner of behavior, dress, or speech that is peculiar to a person and distinguishes them from others):


Things that make angry:
Method of handling anger:


Things that embarrass:
Method of handling embarrassment:


Fears:
Method of handling fear:


Bad habits or vices:


Prejudices:


Pet peeves or gripes:


Sense of Humor:


Philosophy of Life:


Physical illness or affliction:


Hobbies/Interests:


Favorite Foods:

Favorite Books:

Favorite Color:

Favorite Place:

Item(s) special to character:


Person/friend close to character:




Description of home, home life, and economic status:







Brief family history:




Most painful experiences in character’s past (to prove why they act the way they do):








Character’s goals (What they want)(Their biggest dream):









Character’s motivation (Why they want the above goal):








Character’s conflict (What is keeping them from their goal):








Summarize character’s Fatal Flaw (the main problem to work through):







Story Premise (in one sentence write what I am trying to prove by writing this story):