Comprehensive Character Profiles

Character profiles are something that many writers use at some point in their lives. Their pretty hand things to have around. At a glance you can see who's in love with who, which side is the character's dominant side, and what their natural hair color is. But the problem is when the profiles are either too minimalistic or too complicated. 

As a user of character profiles, I can tell you that I've never finished the ones that ask about what the character keeps in their purse, and the ones that are only a basic description are lacking for my needs. I need more than just name, gender, age, likes, and dislikes, okay? So I put together a character profile sheet here. That post is the precursor to this one. I have taken on a more detailed project and thus I need a better way to organize my information. So I put together a new character profile sheet. You can add or subtract things if you like, but this seems to be a pretty solid foundation for what I require with this work in progress.

Basics

Name
Species
(Magic/superpowers/special abilities)
Gender
Age
Birthdate
Location of birth
Nationality
Religion
Education
Status
Occupation
Income
Current location

Appearance

Hair
Eyes
Skin
Body type
Height
Weight
Birthmarks
Scars
Tattoos
Clothes
Glasses/Contacts
Accessories
Level of grooming
Health status
Handwriting

Past

Hometown
Childhood
Dream job
Role model(s)
Hobbies
Greatest regret
First memory
Happiest memory
Saddest memory
Secret(s)
Criminal record

Family

Family's socioeconomic status
How often they see their family

Family Member Profile

Father/Mother/Brother/Sister/Etc.
Name
Status
Age
Occupation
Relationship quality

Relationships (Other Than Family)

Closest friends
Significant friends
Enemies
Love interest(s)
(Role in group)

Personality

Type of smart (street smart, book smart, etc.)
Optimist, pessimist, or realist
Introvert or extravert
Favorite place
Darkest secret
Greatest desire
Biggest weakness
Biggest strength
Biggest fear
How they view power
How they view love
How they view change
What makes them angry
What is their moral strength
Pet peeves

Purpose

Goal
Motivation

Trivialities, Fun Stuff, Notes, Etc.

MBTI
Enneagram
Alignment
Dominant hand
Hogwarts house
Blood type 
Spirit animal
(Anything else you want to add.)

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