CHARACTER BIO FORM
Character's Full Name:
Reason or meaning of name:
Nickname: Reason for nickname:
Birthdate:
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Age: How old does s/he appear?
Eye Color: Glasses or contacts:
Weight: Height:
Type of body/build:
Skin tone: Skin type:
Shape of face: Distinguishing Marks:
Predominant feature:
Hair color:
Distinguishable hair feature (bald, receding hairline, etc.):
Type of hair (coarse, fine, thick, etc?):
Character's typical hairstyle:
Resembles:
Is s/he healthy?
If not, why not:
Physical disabilities:
Favorite clothing: Why?
Least favorite clothing: Why?
Jewelry/ Other accessories:
Drives:
FAVORITES:
Character's favorite color: Why?
Character's least favorite color: Why?
Favorite Music: Why?
Least favorite Music: Why?
Food:
Favorite book: Why?
Expressions:
Mode of transportation:
Daredevil or cautious?
HABITS:
Smokes? Drinks? What?
When and how much?
Hobbies:
How does character spend a rainy day?
BACKGROUND:
Hometown:
Type of childhood:
First memory:
Most important childhood event that still affects him/her:
Education:
Religion:
Finances:
FAMILY:
Mother:
Relationship with her:
Father:
Relationship with him:
Siblings:
How many? Birth order:
Relationship with each:
Children of siblings:
Extended family?
Close? Why or why not?
Does character have child(ren)? If so, how many?
Are all children with the same partner? If no, Why?
If no, what is the custody arrangement?
How does character relate to his/her child(ren)?
Is relatioinship with children important to character?
OCCUPATION
Where does Character work? For how long?
How does s/he feel about co-workers? Get along with co-workers?
Like his/her job? Why or why not?
Character's dream job:
ATTITUDE:
Character's greatest fear:
Why?
What is the worst thing that could happen to him/her?
What single event would most throw character's life in complete turmoil?
Why?
Character is most at ease when:
Most ill at ease when:
Priorities:
Philosophy:
How s/he feels about self:
If granted one wish, what would it be?
Why?
PERSONALITY:
Greatest strength in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not):
Greatest weakness in character's personality (whether s/he sees it as such or not):
Character's soft spot:
Is this soft spot obvious to others?
If not, how does character hide it?
Biggest vulnerability:
Which of the 7 deadly sins does your character fight (or give in to, willingly or not)?
(lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride)
Which of the 7 virtues does your character have (or fight against)?
(prudence, justice, restraint, courage, faith, hope, charity)
Optimist or pessimist: Why?
Introvert or extrovert: Why?
Drives and motivations:
Talents:
Extremely skilled at:
Extremely unskilled at:
Good characteristics:
Character flaws:
Mannerisms:
Peculiarities:
Biggest regret:
Minor regrets:
Biggest accomplishment:
Minor accomplishments:
Character's darkest secret:
Does anyone else know?
If yes, did character tell them?
If no, how did they find out?
Where does character live?
Where does character want to live?
Spending habits (frugal, spendthrift, etc:
What does s/he do too much of?
Too little of?
Most prized possession: Why?
Play musical instrument? Which?
Person character secretly admires:
Why?
Person character was most influenced by:
Why?
Most important person in character's life before story starts:
Why?
SELF-PERCEPTION:
One word character would use to describe self:
One paragraph description of how character would describe self:
What does character consider best physical characteristic?
What does character consider worst physical characteristic?
Are these realistic assessments?
If not, why not?
How character thinks others perceive him/her:
What four things would CHARACTER most like to change about self?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Why?
If change #1 was made, would character be as happy as s/he thinks?
If not, why not?
INTERRELATION WITH OTHERS:
Is character divorced? Why?
If divorced, how many times?
Has character ever cheated on significant other?
How does character relate to others?
How is s/he perceived by...
Strangers?
Friends?
Wife/Husband/Lover?
What do family/friends like most about character?
What do family/friends like least about character?
GOALS:
Immediate goals:
Long range goals:
How does character plan to accomplish goals?
How will other people around character be affected?
PROBLEMS/CRISIS:
How character faces problems:
Kinds of problems character usually runs into:
How character reacts to change: