A list of questions to breakdown your characters. I find these very helpful in making your character even deeper. NAME: • What would completely break your character? • What was the best thing in your character's life? • What was the worst thing in your character’s life? • What seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character? • Does your character work so that they can support their hobbies or use their hobbies as a way of filling up the time they aren't working? • What is your character reluctant to tell people? • How many friends does your character have? • How many friends does your character want? • What would your character make a scene in public about? • What would your character give their life for? • What are your character's major flaws? • What does your character pretend or try to care about? • How does the image your character tries to project differ from the image they actually project? • What is your character afraid of? •how is their relationship with their family • what are their beliefs, if they have any • what is their motivation (preferably something unrelated to their love interest/romantic feelings) • who were they raised to be vs. who they became/are becoming • what are their plans for the future, if they have any • how do they feel about themselves and how it affects their behavior (i mean. you can't tell me a character is shy then have them do things shy people wouldn't do, like?????) • How do they feel about things they cannot control? • Why is this character the protagonist (or antagonist)? • Lbr do they even matter? • How do they smile? • What their "tell" is for lying? • Posture? • Volume of speech, if they're verbal? • Nervous tics? • How much eye contact do they make? • In a group conversation, how close do they stand to others? Are they off to the side just listening and occasionally speaking or are they right next to people? • When standing, what do they do with their hands? Talk with their hands, cross their arms, put hands in pockets, prop up against the wall, Etc • The sound of their footsteps? • Nonverbal greetings: do they wave, nod, hug, glare, punch, high five, something else? • How do they get others' attention? Raise hand, clear throat, etc
Questions are an assortment pulled from P!nterest Image from google
