Sometimes, it can be fun (and useful) to fill out a questionnaire about a character in your story. This gives you insight to things about your character that you might not have considered before starting to write.
- Character's height.
- Character's body type (rectangular/hourglass/lean)
- Character's hair texture, color and length (curly, straight, blonde, brown, long, short etc)
- Character's spouse/parter (if applicable)
- Character's most conflicted relationship (could be with a family member, friend, lover, whatever you like)
- Character's mother
- Character's relationship with mother
- Character's father
- Character's relationship with father
- Traumatic moment in character's life
- Character's happiest memory
- Character's favorite food
- What does your character do on a rainy day, alone?
- Character's feelings toward children.
- Character's feelings toward marriage
- Character's feelings toward animals
- What is your character's biggest fear?
- What is your character's biggest goal in life?
- Character's attitude toward sex
- Is your character guilty of any crimes, petty or otherwise?
- Is there anything your character feels guilty about?
- How does your character deal with arguments and conflict?