Character Questionnaire

I just read an article in The Writer about how character questionnaires can help you develop characters and keep them from being too much like you. Today's post is mainly a directory of links to help you find questionnaires.

• http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/106
• http://thescriptlab.com/screenwriting/character/creating-characters/23-character-questionnaire
• http://robdyoung.com/fleshy-character-questionnaire/
• http://www.springhole.net/writing/character-questions.htm
• http://www.writersbeat.com/showthread.php?t=14402

However, I also have a character questionnaire for you. It is meant to be answered in the first person of your character.

1. What is your full name? Do you wish that you could change it? How was it decided? Do you have any nicknames? How did you get them?
2. How old are you? What day were you born? What are your three astrological signs (Greek, Chinese, and Celtic)? Do you think that they fit you?
3. Describe your height, weight, build, hair, eyes, and skin. Include any oddities, such as freckles, tattoos, piercings, or injuries.
4. What kind of clothes do you feel most comfortable in? Least comfortable? Describe your favorite outfit.
5. How do you walk? Fast? Slow? Large or small gait? In a straight line or zigzagging? Distractedly? Determinedly?
6. How do you speak? Quickly? Slowly? An accent? Do you use profanity or vulgarity frequently? Do you use filler words like "like" or "um" frequently? Do you ramble or keep it short?
7. What kinds of things make you happy? Sad? Angry? What are your responses to happiness, sadness, and anger? Do you laugh, cry, lash out, or do you keep it within?
8. Do you have a religion? If so, what is it? Are you a devout practitioner or just say that you are and acknowledge the beliefs? Are you tolerant of other cultures?
9. What is your favorite food, color, film, book, and television show? What about your least favorite of each?
10. What type of person are you attracted to? Not just men, women, or both, but things like what kind of hair they have, what kind of humor they have, etc.
11. Who was your closest friend as a child? Teenager? Now? Do the types of people you surround yourself with change with age and location?
12. What is your biggest goal? Motivation? Virtue? Vice? Are you more of a nihilist and don't really care about that?
13. What is your MBTI personality type?
14. Do you have any physical or mental disorders that have been confirmed by a doctor? Do you think that you might have one, but everyone around you laughs it off? Do you think that you're a hypochondriac? Do other people think you are?
15. Do you ever lie to get a specific answer at a quiz? For example, if you're taking a "what kind of animal are you" test, do you lie to get your favorite animal?
16. What is the one question that you won't answer?