30 Days of Writing and Publishing Tips – Day 10 A Simple Character Development Worksheet

You can finds lots of character development sheets online to help you build a complete character and I wanted to post one of mine. It isn’t as elaborate as some, but if you’ve read my previous posts, it’s probably clear that I let the story (and the characters) develop somewhat as I go and I don’t use too much planning as a way to avoid writing, which can be a very easy trap to fall into. This is something I use to get started, knowing it might change along the way:

Character Name:

Age:

Gender:

Sexuality:

Introvert, Extrovert or somewhere inbetween:

Physical Characteristics:

Preferred type of Clothing:

Would never wear:

Hobbies:

Interests:

Skills:

Bad at:

Afraid of:

Pet peeves:

Thoughts on religion:

Thoughts on politics:

Family:

Thoughts on family members:

Past history of family:

Friends:

Enemies:

Past Traumas:

Past injuries or illnesses:

Favorite foods:

Disliked foods:

That’s it. Use and adapt as needed. If you’ve like to start at the beginning of my tips posts, start here.