Character Outline

This is a longer outline that personally helps me out a lot. This is especially helpful for newer projects with lots of characters, as sometimes details can get mixed up. Feel free to use this however you like and add or take out what's relevant/irrelevant.

---BASIC DETAILS---

Full Name:

Any Significance of name/name meaning:

Nickname(s):

Any Official Titles: (Miss, Lord, etc.)

Prefers to be called by:

Birthday & age:

Age Appearance (This is especially important for characters that are non-human):

Sex:

Gender:

---PHYSICAL DETAILS---
(Feel free to add pictures of any actors/actresses, models that you feel portray your character's appearance)

Facial Features:

Hair Color;

Eye Color:

Height:

Weight:

Body Type:

Skin Tone:

Sense of Style: (Casual, formal, punk-y, etc):

Tattoos:

Piercings:

Scars:

Other (Wings, deformities):

---PSYCHOLOGY---

Over-All Personality:

Best Personality Trait (Think of this from a friend of your char's perspective, not your own):

Worst Personality Trait (Same as above):

Good Habits:

Vices:

Mental Illnesses:

Pessimist or Optimist?:

Fears (Both Rational and Irrational. Explain why they exist if you can):

Thoughts on romantic love:

Thoughts on platonic love:

Sexuality:

Pet Peeves:

---LIKES & DISLIKES---

Hobbies:

Talents

Favorite kind of music:

Dietary habits:

Over-all likes:

Over-all dislikes:

---BACKGROUND
Father:

Relationship with father:

Mother:

Relationship with mother:

Siblings & Birth order:

Relationships with siblings:

Ethnic Heritage:

Cultural Traits/Habits:

Was Born In:

Lives in now:

Occupation:

Past occupation:

How was their childhood? Any events that influence them now:

Adolescence?:

Adulthood?:

Fondest Memory:

Worst Memory:


---IN THE STORY---

What does this character want?:

What does this character need?:

What role does this character play in the story?:

Relation to the plot?:

Motivations:

Any relationships with other characters and why: