Source.

This is a wonderful tool for all your characters! Well, maybe a little elaborate for minor characters, but a great thing to have for all your MCs at the very least!

The sheet below is copied from the site, but I'd still recommend you go to the site yourself and copy the whole thing to your word processor. Printed out, it covers ten pages.

If you have any MCs you have to share with us, you can post them in this subsection. You don't need to use this sheet of course.

CHARACTER CHART
by Carol McLeod

Full name:_______________________________________________________________
Reason or meaning of name:________________________________________________
Nickname(s):_______________________________ Reason:______________________


PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Age:___________________________ How old does s/he look?:___________________
Eye Color:_____________________ Glasses or contact lens:______________________
Hair Color:____________________ Wears hair how:____________________________
Weight:________________________ Height:__________________________________
Type of body or build:_____________________________________________________
Skin tone:_____________________ Skin type:_________________________________
Shape of face:_________________ Distinguishing marks:__________________________
Predominant feature(s):____________________________________________________
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Looks like:______________________________________________________________
Is s/he healthy?___________________________________________________________


FAVORITES

Favorite color:___________________________________________________________
Favorite music:___________________________________________________________
Favorite food:____________________________________________________________
Favorite literature:_________________________________________________________
Favorite expressions:_______________________________________________________
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Favorite expletives:_________________________________________________________
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HABITS

Smokes:__________________________ What?__________________________________
When and how much?______________________________________________________
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Drinks:__________________________ What?___________________________________
When and how much?______________________________________________________
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Hobbies:_________________________________________________________________
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BACKGROUND

Hometown:_______________________________________________________________
Type of childhood:__________________________________________________________
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First memory:______________________________________________________________
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Most important event that still affects character:____________________________________
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Why?___________________________________________________________________
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Education:________________________________________________________________
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Religion:__________________________________________________________________
Practicing?_______________________________________________________________
Why/why not?____________________________________________________________
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Financial:_________________________________________________________________
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FAMILY

Mother:__________________________________________________________________
Relationship with her:________________________________________________________
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Father:___________________________________________________________________
Relationship with him:________________________________________________________
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Siblings:__________________________________________________________________
How many?__________ Birth order: __________________________________________
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Relationship with each:_______________________________________________________
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Children of siblings:_________________________________________________________
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ATTITUDE

Most at ease when:_________________________________________________________
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Ill at ease when:____________________________________________________________
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Priorities:_________________________________________________________________
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Philosophy:_______________________________________________________________
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How s/he feels about self:_____________________________________________________
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Past failure s/he would be most embarrassed to have people know:______________________
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If granted one wish, what would it be?___________________________________________
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PERSONALITY

Greatest source of strength in character's personality (whether s/he
recognizes it as such or not):___________________________________________________
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Greatest source of weakness in character's personality (whether s/he
recognizes it as such or not):___________________________________________________
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Character's soft spot:________________________________________________________
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Is this obvious to others?_____________________________________________________
If not, why not:_____________________________________________________________
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Biggest vulnerability:_________________________________________________________
Why?____________________________________________________________________
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TRAITS

Is s/he an optimist or pessimist?_________________________________________________
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Introvert or extrovert?________________________________________________________
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Drives and motivations:________________________________________________________
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Talents:___________________________________________________________________
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Good characteristics:_________________________________________________________
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Character flaws:_____________________________________________________________
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Mannerisms:_______________________________________________________________
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Peculiarities:________________________________________________________________
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Biggest regret:______________________________________________________________
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Minor regrets:_______________________________________________________________
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Biggest accomplishment:_______________________________________________________
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Minor accomplishments:_______________________________________________________
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Character's darkest secret:_____________________________________________________
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Who, if anyone knows about it?_________________________________________________
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How did this person discover it?_________________________________________________
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PERCEPTION OF SELF

One word CHARACTER would use to describe self:_________________________________
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Complete description of how CHARACTER describes self:____________________________
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What does CHARACTER consider best physical characteristic?_________________________
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What does CHARACTER consider worst physical characteristic?_______________________
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Are these realistic assessments? If not, why not?____________________________________
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How does CHARACTER think others perceive him/her?______________________________
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What would CHARACTER change about self?_____________________________________
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Why?____________________________________________________________________
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If that change occurred, would CHARACTER be as happy as s/he thinks she
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INTERRELATION WITH OTHERS

How does character relate with others?___________________________________________
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How is s/he perceived by:
Strangers?_________________________________________________________________
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Friends?__________________________________________________________________
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Wife/husband/lover?_________________________________________________________
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Hero/heroine?______________________________________________________________
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CHARACTER'S first impression of hero/heroine:____________________________________
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Why?____________________________________________________________________
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What happens to change his/her perception?________________________________________
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What do friends/family like most about character?____________________________________
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What do friends/family like least about character?____________________________________
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GOALS

Immediate goals:____________________________________________________________
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Long range goals:____________________________________________________________
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How does s/he plan to see these goals accomplished?_________________________________
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PROBLEMS/CRISES

How does s/he react in a crisis?_________________________________________________
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How does s/he face problems?__________________________________________________
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What kind of problems does character usually have?__________________________________
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How does character deal with NEW problems?_____________________________________
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How does character react to change?_____________________________________________
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GENERAL

Favorite clothes:_____________________________________________________________
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Least favorite clothes:_________________________________________________________
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Why?_____________________________________________________________________
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Jewelry:___________________________________________________________________
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Drives:____________________________________________________________________
Why?_____________________________________________________________________
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Place s/he wants to live:_______________________________________________________
Why?____________________________________________________________________
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Spending habits (frugal, spendthrift, etc):___________________________________________
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Why?_____________________________________________________________________
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What does s/he do too much of?________________________________________________
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Too little of?________________________________________________________________
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Most prized possession?______________________________________________________
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Why?_____________________________________________________________________
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UNCATEGORIZED

Who does character secretly admire?_____________________________________________
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Person character is/was most influenced by:________________________________________
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Who is the most important person in his/her life before books starts?______________________
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Why?_____________________________________________________________________
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How does character spend the week before the book starts?___________________________
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