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This is a continuation of my blogging here at WdC |
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This will be a blog for my writing, maybe with (too much) personal thrown in. I am hoping it will be a little more interactive, with me answering questions, helping out and whatnot. It follows on from the old one, which is now full. An index of topics from old and new can be found here: "Writing Blog No.2 Index"  Feel free to comment and interact. And to suggest topics! |
| Character Sheets I mentioned some time ago that I use character sheets, based on Dungeons & Dragons, for my characters, even those not in the fantasy genre. I was asked to show a demonstration, and have been trying ever since to do it. The pictures are too small, the tables don’t translate, yadda yadda. So what I am going to do is put the information that exists on my single page sheet here. Name Yes, the character’s name. First and foremost. Alias Nicknames, pet names, other names known by in the story. Gender/SO The gender and sexual orientation Height Choose your units Weight Choose your units DoB Date of birth Eyes Colour and size Hair Colour and style Skin Colour and racial identity Education How far they went in their education. What qualifications they have achieved (vocational as well as academic) Occupation I also include previous jobs here The next section is 6 headings (and this is stolen from D&D): Intelligence Strength Wisdom Endurance Charisma Beauty These are given a score out of 20, where 11 is normal for a human. Strength is physical strength, but you could include more scores for physical, mental and emotional. Partner They don’t need to have one Live With Who they live with – family, relatives, partner, friends, room-mates, etc. Or alone. Past R Past important relationships Drive? Yes or no – do they drive Licence What are they licenced to drive? Car, truck, bus, boat, motorbike, plane Extra skills Listed, and where they learnt them Religion What religion they are; also included here is how important it is to their life Extra Notes Any extra notes for anything else. This is where I tend to put pets, although I have seen sheets with pets as a separate entry. And that is what I use to form the scaffolding in order to flesh out my characters. As a pantser, I will do one of these for each character as they come up in the story; plotters will, of course, have all of this filled out beforehand. I also add other notes as needed – verbal tics is one – and things that come up not listed. Anyway, that is just how I do character sheets. |
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so I went ahead and read all three of them.
