The questions are divided into these categories:THE 100+ QUESTIONS
Welcome to over one hundred of the dumbest questions about your character. These are things that, if someone were to ask you in real life, you could answer without giving it any thought whatsoever. Most characters, however, can't answer this because authors never think about it - it's unimportant. Well, these things are going to help you define you character more.
Some tips: Answer these in character, but only in a situation where your character would be 100% honest with themselves and with the person asking the question. Otherwise, answer as an author, and still be 100% honest.
Personal Questions
Familial Questions
Childhood Questions
Adolescent Questions
Occupational Questions
Likes & Dislikes Questions
Sex & Intimacy Questions
Drug & Alcohol Questions
Morality Questions
Miscellaneous Questions
Do any of you use a character questionnaire when developing your characters? Do you answer the questions in the 3rd person or do you assume the persona of the character in question and respond in the 1st person?
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I had a nice breakthrough awhile back re: someone who was quite a 2-D, cardboard guy. When I forced myself to ask more questions about his background it ended up really changing him (including his age, profession, personality, how he interacted with the other people). It made him so much more vivid to me.
I think that my interest in episodic TV can force me to think about traits and background that could be important in a future version of my story, even if I'm not writing about it now.
Also sometimes I write out a free- association essay written in the first person by each of my people.
Another one of my recent tricks is to always think of/ refer to them as people, not "characters.
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