Ainesseyspiegel - My Side Of Freedom

Character Development Questions for RPers

Inspired by 10 Steps To Creating Memorable Characters: Forms, Checklists and Exercises

What are your their priorities? 

At their best, they are:

At their worst, they are: 

How do they see themselves? 

How does it differ from the way others see them? 

How do they react to arguments? 

What do they do when they want to impress people?

What trait in others do they find admirable?

Are they more of an optimist or a pessimist? 

What is the worst thing someone could do to them?

What is something that would make them upset enough to cry? 

Are they more of a leader or a follower?

What are their responsibilities, or at least, what do they see as being their responsibilities? 

What frightens them most?

What sort of physical quirks do they have when they are bored or otherwise stationary (tapping fingers, shaking leg, biting lip, etc)? 

How do they react to social situations?

How have their parents influenced them?

What is their role in their social circle? What do they bring to the table?

How do they feel about the way they look?

Describe their living space, be it a bedroom, apartment, or entire house. 

What are their best and worst memories? 

What do they do when they’re upset? 

If their personality and disposition were a bit of scenery, describe it, from flora and fauna to weather. 

How I picture my action scenes

How I write my action scenes

““What can you possibly achieve by seeing someone else miserable? What kind of a sick person do you have to be to get a kick out of someone else in pain? I don’t care how badly you were hurt. The second you think that someone else deserves the suffering you went through, you too become evil. And just like every other evil in the word, you need to be destroyed.””

—

Aequus

Building a character from the ground up

Method of determining personality: Quote 

Type of Character: Antagonist

Main or Secondary: Main Villain

Main Purpose: Challenge the way the protagonist views the people around him

The Legend Of Zelda, 1986 ->

Oh, there you are. Were you calling me? Sorry, I was looking for my-

Hey! You found it! I was wondering where that notebook ran off too! I was afraid I’d have to start all over again. It would have been annoying rewriting six pages worth of plot. You know how I am. I end up going in an entirely different direction with one, still like the other, and then I can’t decide which direction to keep. You ever wonder why stories can’t just have dozens of different endings, and different paths to take based on the choice you make? Well, you’re right, there were those old choose your own ending books, but that wasn’t exactly what I meant. They were fun though!

Why are you frowning? Huh? Oh. You read that passage, huh? I…didn’t think you were going to flip through it. I didn’t think you cared that much. Please don’t look at me that way. I don’t mean to be, well, mean. You just never ask about any of my writing. And, well, I tend to write what I know. Granted, it’s all twisted and deformed, so people don’t usually draw the connections…wait. So how did you?

What are you smiling for? He does that, my character. He grins just like that, slightly raised brow and everything. Are you…are you doing that on purpose? What did you just say? That was his speech! My character said that in his moment of vulnerability! It was my favorite scene. But…that wasn’t in those four pages.

Hey, what are you hiding behind your back? Those pages, what are they? Don’t try and hide them. Hey, I see writing! Did you write that? Let me see…it’s a story! With my characters…and some different ones. Hm? You want to know how it can all fit together? Your stuff and mine? I get it. You want to co-write something.

Take a seat, I’ll make some tea. What was that? You don’t know what you’re doing? You don’t think you’re any good? You don’t think it should ever see the light of day? Ha! Nonsense. Go on, make yourself comfortable. There’s a lot you’ve got to learn. The first thing is, there isn’t any story that isn’t worth writing down.

“In the end, we’ll all become stories.”

— Margaret Atwood (via paperlover)

Rainy day in Kyoto