Using these questions, you can learn about your characters and how they behave. Use the following questionnaire with your protagonist or any secondary character in your web novel to learn more about their current state, enrich their backstory, and add to their repertoire of unique gestures and habits.
- What is your character’s name?
- What is their gender (at the moment)?
- When is their birthday? What is their age at the beginning of the novel?
- What do they look like?
- What is their general disposition? Are they frowny? Or are they smiley?
- Where do they live?
- What do they eat?
- How do they dress?
- Do they dress to impress?
- Do they dress in a way that is appropriate for their age, or do they dress to look younger or older than they are?
- What major experiences have they had in their lives?
- Have they had any traumatic experiences?
- Did they have a bad childhood?
- Or did they have a good childhood suddenly destroyed by a traumatic event?
- What are their ruminations?
- Do they have any obsessions?
- Are they in love?
- Do they have any pets?
- Do they have any medical conditions?