Okay, in my personal opinion, characters in a story is more importent then the plot. If it weren't for them, the plot would never happen. It is the dependent variable. So, this is a little orginizer I use to get my characters straight.
Name: (name of character)
type of being: (What is your character? Human, vampire, robot, etc)
ability: (special talent)
appearance: (what they look like
physical characteristics: (Do they smile a lot, or have an identifiable scar somewhere)
Best Friend: (the person they care about most)
hobby: (what do they like to do?)
Fav. Sport/ pastime: (what di they do in their spare time?)
Good points: (what's good about them?)
Bad points: (what’s bad about your account?)
Fears: (what are they afraid of?)
Voice: (How do they talk? Quiet, not often, loud, etc.)
What’s in their backpack: (what do they carry around that affects their life?)
Occupation: (what’s there job or school?)
Room: (what does they're room look like?)
Clothes: (What do they wear?)
Questions for the character:
1.) What was it like growing up?
2.) What was the worst thing they experienced as a child?
3.) What was the best memory from their childhood?
4.) Who raised them and what do they remember about that person?
5.) What makes them angry?
6.) What’s missing in their life?
7.) What is work to them, and what is play?
8.) What do they have to fight for?
Thats all I can remember off the top of my head. ^.^ I hope this helps you. For the record, you do not have to inclued all this info in your story. Iys wonderful if the author knows back-up informatin. Like, when I had writers block once, I wrote a whole story about my 1 character, Lee, and I learned a ton about him that my readers will never know. And I love him so much I can hardly stand it. Enjoy this! ^.^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a blast!
Sometimes I have such a hard time coming up with characters, or how to make them beliveable or likeable. This is how I get to love all my people!!!
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thx savannah this will b very helpful it'll help make my characters less 2-D & more 3-D -
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^_^ Don't thank me. I'm happy I could be usful.
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I heard about this
I had always looked for this, I can't wait to analyze all of my characters; Alex, Kitt, Janie, and Joe especially.
I wish, in a lot of cases that I could bring my characters to life, and when I am really bored, I actually talk to them (in my head, not out loud). -
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thanx, its really helpfull -
I have a suggestion for this. Make sure that you have a character that will change throughout the story and write out how they will change. In other words, write out how they are in the beginning, and write out how they will be at the end of the story. It helps so that you know how to make the gradual change over the course of the story.
I wrote a column on this which includes a little bit on characterization. By making the character change throughout the story, you make them dynamic which, in turn, makes them seem more real.
Yes, it is good to know everything about your character, but it is of the utmost importance that you make them seem real. -
I have a few things which may help:
Occupation: (job the person has or has had)
Where lives now: (house, flat etc...and where)
With whom: (who does he/she live with)
Clothes liked: (favourites....etc..)
Previous romantic history: (old girl/boyfriend)
A few question I then ask the character:
1.What was it like living in your home when you were growing up?
2.What was the worst thing you experience you had as a child?
3.What is your best memory from childhood?
4.Who were the people that raised you and what were their most memorable qualities?
4.Who are you today?
5.What makes you angry?
6.What are you afraid of?
7.What is missing in your life?
8.What is work for you, and what is play?
9.What do you have that you would fight for?
There are another 22 questions I have not listed. If you would like them, I will post them here.
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This will help alot of new and upcoming writers on this website, it is a very thoughtful idea and it will definatly come in use when i am thinking about my characters. Good job this was a really nice piece of work. -
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