19/8/2017 0 Comments Creating Character BackgroundsI always need to know more about my characters than what ends up in the story. It’s how I know how they’ll react to different situations and how they respond to other people. There are a number of different ways you can make sure you have all the information you need about a character so that when you’re writing him/her, they feel real. These are the three I use most often:
Even though there are loads of templates online, that doesn’t mean you have to use one of them. You can create your own. Decide what you need to know and write down the headings. You don’t even have to put them into a list. Create a mind-map or a pyramid, or some other visual device. If you’re particularly artistic, you could create a collage of your character’s face from nouns and adjectives that describe them. Some websites and software you might find useful when creating character profiles: Word, Excel, Visio, Access (If you have a particularly analytical mind and love linked tables and SQL queries as much as I do, a database is a great way of keeping track of character interactions and links between characters and plot points. It takes a while to set up but you can copy the setup over to different stories once it’s done. I’d share a completed one with you but I lost them in my last computer crash ☹). Also, have a look at these: https://au.pinterest.com/eemontgomery11/character-profiles/ http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jun98/how-to-create-a-character-profile-6986 http://www.creative-writing-now.com/writing-character-profiles.html http://www.novel-writing-help.com/create-character-profiles.html https://careyenglish.wikispaces.com/Character
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