Character Interviews

So very kind Jillian posted on getting to know your characters, and today I'm going to give some sheets and questions you could use. :) P.S. I found these online.

There are also worksheets you can find online for fantasy characters. and don't be afraid to add questions.

Character Profile Worksheet

Basic Statistics

Name:

Age:
Nationality:

Socioeconomic Level as a child:

Socioeconomic Level as an adult:

Hometown:
Current Residence:
Occupation:
Income:
Talents/Skills:
Salary:

Birth order:
Siblings (describe relationship):

Spouse (describe relationship):
Children (describe relationship):
Grandparents (describe relationship):
Grandchildren (describe relationship):

Significant Others (describe relationship):
Relationship skills:

Physical Characteristics:

Height:
Weight:
Race:
Eye Color:
Hair Color:

Glasses or contact lenses?
Skin color:

Shape of Face:
Distinguishing features:
How does he/she dress?

Mannerisms:
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.)
Health:

Hobbies:
Favorite Sayings:
Speech patterns:
Disabilities:
Style (Elegant, shabby etc.):

Greatest flaw:
Best quality:

Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Educational Background:

Intelligence Level:

Any Mental Illnesses?
Learning Experiences:
Character's short-term goals in life:

Character's long-term goals in life:

How does Character see himself/herself?

How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others?

How self-confident is the character?

Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof?

What would most embarrass this character?

Emotional Characteristics


Strengths/Weaknesses:
Introvert or Extrovert?

How does the character deal with anger?

With sadness?

With conflict?
With change?
With loss?
What does the character want out of life?

What would the character like to change in his/her life?

What motivates this character?
What frightens this character?

What makes this character happy?

Is the character judgmental of others?

Is the character generous or stingy?

Is the character generally polite or rude?

Spiritual Characteristics

Does the character believe in God?

What are the character's spiritual beliefs?

Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life?

If so, what role does it play?

How the Character is Involved in the Story

Character's role in the novel (main character? hero? heroine? Romantic interest? etc.):

Scene where character first appears:

Relationships with other characters:

1. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).
2. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).
3. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).
4. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).

How character is different at the end of the novel from when the novel began:

Additional Notes on This Character:

Here is a sheet that I filled out. Just note that I just started this book and Gwynn is still revealing herself to me. :)

Character Profile Worksheet

Basic Statistics

Name: Gwynn
Age: 15
Nationality: Scottish/American
Socioeconomic Level as a child: Outgoing
Socioeconomic Level as an adult:
Hometown: Fort Morgan, Co
Current Residence: Fort Morgan, Co
Occupation:
Income:
Talents/Skills:
Salary:
Birth order:
Siblings (describe relationship):
Spouse (describe relationship):
Children (describe relationship):
Grandparents (describe relationship):
Grandchildren (describe relationship):
Significant Others (describe relationship):
Relationship skills:


Physical Characteristics:

Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 120
Race:
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Red
Glasses or contact lenses? Glasses
Skin color: White
Shape of Face:
Distinguishing features: Freckles
How does he/she dress? Modestly
Mannerisms:
Habits: (smoking, drinking etc.) Fiddling with fingers
Health: Good
Hobbies: Horse-riding
Favorite Sayings: Don't argue with stupid people, they just pull you down to their level and beat you with experience
Speech patterns:
Disabilities:
Style (Elegant, shabby etc.):
Greatest flaw:
Best quality: Her eagerness for knowledge


Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Educational Background:
Intelligence Level: High
Any Mental Illnesses?
Learning Experiences:
Character's short-term goals in life: Finish school
Character's long-term goals in life: Get married, have kids, become a teacher
How does Character see himself/herself? Average
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others? She has no clue
How self-confident is the character? So, so
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination thereof? Logic
What would most embarrass this character? Flaws


Emotional Characteristics


Strengths/Weaknesses: Too much logic
Introvert or Extrovert?
How does the character deal with anger?
With sadness?
With conflict? She stays calm in most situations
With change?
With loss?
What does the character want out of life? She doesn't know
What would the character like to change in his/her life? To have a dad
What motivates this character? God
What frightens this character? Illiteracy
What makes this character happy? Truth
Is the character judgmental of others? No
Is the character generous or stingy? Generous
Is the character generally polite or rude? Polite, most of the time


Spiritual Characteristics

Does the character believe in God? Yes
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? Christian
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Yes
If so, what role does it play? Everything


How the Character is Involved in the Story

Character's role in the novel (main character? hero? heroine? Romantic interest? etc.): MC
Scene where character first appears:
Relationships with other characters:

1. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel). Brayden, they are best friends
2. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).
3. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).
4. Character's Name: -- (Describe relationship with this character and changes to relationship over the course of the novel).

How character is different at the end of the novel from when the novel began:

Additional Notes on This Character: