Character Development Memes!

1. What position does your character sleep in? ( i.e; stomach, side, back, etc. ) Describe why they do this – optional.

2. Does your character have any noteworthy features? Freckles? Dimples? A scar somewhere unusual? etc.

3. Does your character have an accent? What does it sound like?

4. Do they have any verbal tics? Do they have trouble pronouncing certain words or getting their thoughts across clearly?

5. What are their chief tension areas?

6. If you were to pick one song – and only one song – to describe your character, what would it be and why?

7. How does your character perceive themselves? Positive? Negative? Neutral?

8. Are they a quick thinker or do they need time to sort through their thoughts?

9. Does your character dream or are their nights filled with an empty blackness? Describe a dream they’ve had or a night they couldn’t sleep and what they did to preoccupy their time.

10. If they had a choice, would they prefer a subway or a bus for public transportation?

11. What do they think of creation? Do they believe in evolution or do they believe in
God? What is their religion like?

12. Describe 5 unusual characteristics your muse has.

13. Have they ever been so overwhelmed they had to stop and take a break from something?

14. Are they a team player or do they prefer to be solo?

15. Can they multi-task or must they focus on one subject at a time?

16. What are their best school subjects? What are their worst? List five of each.

17. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? How do they handle big crowds of people?

18. Are they a leader, do they prefer to follow, or would they rather just stay on the sidelines altogether?

19. If your character was suddenly challenged, would they rather run away or stay and fight?

20. If your character was allowed to murder one person without any consequences, who would that person be and why?

21. Your character has been granted 3 wishes; what would they wish for and why?

22. Does your character trust people right off the bat or does it take them some time to warm up to someone?

23. Do they prefer romance or affection? What is the quickest way to your character’s heart?

24. Does your character have any enemies? If so, who and why?

25. Do they have any weird bedroom habits? Any unusual kinks?

26. How does your character prepare for bed? Do they sleep at all or can they stay awake for days on end without trouble?

27. If your character had one thing to say to their parents before they died, what would it be?

28. Are they afraid of death? Do they have any regrets?

29. Does your character get restless when things are too quiet or do they favour solitude and silence? Why?

30. Finally; if your character was forced to eat one thing for the rest of their life, what would they choose and why?

Source: http://greenleaf.co.vu/post/95800838802/30-uncommon-character-development-questions-send

1. How does your character think of their father? What do they hate and love about him? What influence - literal or imagined - did the father have?

2. Their mother? How do they think of her? What do they hate? Love? What influence - literal or imagined - did the mother have?

3. Brothers, sisters? Who do they like? Why? What do they despise about their siblings?

4. What type of discipline was your character subjected to at home? Strict? Lenient?

5. Were they overprotected as a child? Sheltered?

6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child?

7. What was the economic status of their family?

8. How does your character feel about religion?

9. What about political beliefs?

10. Is your character street-smart, book-smart, intelligent, intellectual, slow-witted?

11. How do they see themselves: as smart, as intelligent, uneducated?

12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations?

13. Did they like school? Teachers? Schoolmates?

14. Were they involved at school? Sports? Clubs? Debate? Were they unconnected?

15. Did they graduate? High-School? College? Do they have a PHD? A GED?

16. What does your character do for a living? How do they see their profession? What do they like about it? Dislike?

17. Did they travel? Where? Why? When?

18. What did they find abroad, and what did they remember?

19. What were your character's deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now?

20. What were the most deeply impressive political or social, national or international, events that they experienced?

21. What are your character's manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate?

22. Who are their friends? Lovers? 'Type' or 'ideal' partner?

23. What do they want from a partner? What do they think and feel of sex?

24. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?

25. What are their hobbies and interests?

26. What does your character's home look like? Personal taste? Clothing? Hair? Appearance?

27. How do they relate to their appearance? How do they wear their clothing? Style? Quality?

28. Who is your character's mate? How do they relate to him or her? How did they make their choice?

29. What is your character's weaknesses? Hubris? Pride? Controlling?

30. Are they holding on to something in the past? Can he or she forgive?

31. Does your character have children? How do they feel about their parental role? About the children? How do the children relate?

32. How does your character react to stress situations? Defensively? Aggressively? Evasively?

33. Do they drink? Take drugs? What about their health?

34. Does your character feel self-righteous? Revengeful? Contemptuous?

35. Do they always rationalize errors? How do they accept disasters and failures?

36. Do they like to suffer? Like to see other people suffering?

37. How is your character's imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories?

38. Are they basically negative when facing new things? Suspicious? Hostile? Scared? Enthusiastic?

39. What do they like to ridicule? What do they find stupid?

40. How is their sense of humor? Do they have one?

41. Is your character aware of who they are? Strengths? Weaknesses? Idiosyncrasies? Capable of self-irony?

42. What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain?

43. Does your character have any secrets? If so, are they holding them back?

44. How badly do they want to obtain their life objectives? How do they pursue them?

45. Is your character pragmatic? Think first? Responsible? All action? A visionary? Passionate? Quixotic?

46. Is your character tall? Short? What about size? Weight? Posture? How do they feel about their physical body?

47. Do they want to project an image of a younger, older, more important person? Does they want to be visible or invisible?

48. How are your character's gestures? Vigorous? Weak? Controlled? Compulsive? Energetic? Sluggish?

49. What about voice? Pitch? Strength? Tempo and rhythm of speech? Pronunciation? Accent?

50. What are the prevailing facial expressions? Sour? Cheerful? Dominating?

Source: http://thescriptlab.com/screenwriting/character/creating-characters/23-character-questionnaire#

Bold the ones that apply to your character:

absent-minded | abusive | addict | aggressive | aimless | alcoholic | anxious | arrogant | audacious | bad liar | bigmouth | bigot | blindly obedient | blunt | callous | childish | chronic heroism | clingy | clumsy | cocky | competitive | corrupt | cowardly | cruel | cynical | delinquent | delusional | dependent | depressed | deranged | disloyal | ditzy | egotistical | envious | erratic | fickle | finicky | flaky | frail | fraudulent | guilt complex | gloomy | gluttonous | gossiper | gruff | gullible | hedonistic | humorless | hypochondriac | hypocritical | idealist | idiotic | ignorant | immature | impatient | incompetent | indecisive | insecure | insensitive | lazy | lewd | liar | lustful | manipulative | masochistic | meddlesome | melodramatic | money-loving | moody | naive | nervous | nosy | ornery | overprotective | overly sensitive | paranoid | passive-aggressive | perfectionist | pessmist | petty | power-hungry | proud | pushover | reckless | reclusive | remorseless | rigorous | sadistic |sarcastic | senile | selfish | self-martyr | shallow | sociopathic | sore loser | spineless | spiteful | spoiled | stubborn | tactless |temperamental | timid | tone-deaf | traitorous | unathletic | ungracious | unlucky | unsophisticated | untrustworthy | vain | withdrawn |workaholic

Source: http://bunchofrpmemes.tumblr.com/post/117731865541/character-flaws

Writers, bold all of your character’s regular truths.

1. Smoking: the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug.

2. Binge drinking: the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time.

3. Drug abuse: the habitual taking of illegal drugs.

4. Nail biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension.

5. Lip biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension.

6. Night Owl: a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night.

7. Early bird: a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time.

8. Negative attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with criticism and pessimism.

9. Positive attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with optimism and confidence.

10. Swearing: the use of offensive language.

11. Superstitious: an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.

12. Inspecting fingernails: a common body language sign of boredom.

13. Scratching your neck: a common body language sign of uncertainty.

14. Foot and finger tapping: a common body language sign of stress/impatience.

15. Nose touch: a subtle body language sign of deceit.

16. Flipping hair: a common body language sign of craving attention.

17. Twirling hair: a common body language sign of flirtation.

18. Cracking knuckles: a common body language sign of readiness.

19. Hands behind back: a common body language sign of confidence.

20. Finger pointing: a common body language sign of authority.

21. Hands on hips: a common body language sign of readiness.

22: Hands in pockets: a common body language sign of mistrust/reluctance.

23. Frequent touch: a common body language sign of warmth/familiarity.

24. Throat-clearing: a common body language sign of rejection/doubt.

25: Jaw-clenching: a common body language sign of hostility.

26: Eye-rolling: a common body language sign of irritation.

27: Head-tilt: a common body language sign of interest.

28. Whistling: to emit high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one’s lips or teeth; usually to a tune.

29. Humming: make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee; usually to a tune.

30. Perfectionism: refusal to accept any standard short of perfection.

31. Photographic memory: the ability to remember information or visual images in great detail.

32. Paranoia: a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically worked into an organized system.

33. Exaggeration: a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.

34: Intuitive: using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.

35: Quick-witted: showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively.

36: Interrupting: breaking the continuity of a conversation with one’s own statements.

37: Doodling: to scribble or make rough drawings, absent-mindedly.

38: Irritable: having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

39: Gambling: to play games of chance for money; bet.

40: Travel-sick: suffering from nausea caused by the motion of a moving vehicle, boat, or aircraft.

41: Sensitive: having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings.

42: Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

43: Chewing gum: the exercise of chewing flavoured gum which is not intended for swallowing.

44: Fidgeting: to make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.

45: Skeptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

46: Neat-freak: compulsively obsessed with cleanliness.

47: Gossiping: divulging personal information about others.

48: Prim: feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct.

49: Abbreviating: Giving others nicknames/shortening names/giving pet names.

50: Having a catchphrase: having a sentence or phrase typically associated with a specific person.

Source: http://her-self.tumblr.com/post/71337719034/all-quirks-my-muse-habitually-has

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Get to know the muse with personality tests results, or for your own reference. (Take the tests and reply with your results bolded.)

MOTIV
Materialist | Offbeat | Thinking | Intimate | Vital | Conventional | Emotional | Withholding | Depressive

GLOBAL 5
social | reserved | limbic | calm | organized | unstructured | accommodating | egocentric | non-curious | inquisitive

HOLLAND
realistic | investigative | artistic | social | entrepreneurial | conventional

R-DRIVE
Narcissism | Unconventionality | Empiricism | Vitality | Othercentricism | Independence | Integrity | Intellect | Stoicism | Orderliness | Hedonism | Dynamism | Activity | Romanticism

ENNEAGRAM
type 1 | type 2 | type 3 | type 4 | type 5 | type 6 | type 7 | type 8 | type 9

JUNG/MYERS-BRIGS
enfp | enfj | entp | entj | estj | esfj | estp | esfp | infp | infj | intp | intj | istj | isfj | istp | isfp

ALIGNMENT
lawful good | neutral good | chaotic good | true neutral| lawful neutral | chaotic neutral | lawful evil | neutral evil | chaotic evil

4 TEMPERAMENTS
melancholic | phlegmatic | choleric | sanguine

ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE
1 - 3 | 4 - 6 | 7 - 9 | 10 - 12 | 13-15 | 16 -18 | 19 -21 | 22 - 24 | 25 - 27 | 28 - 30

Source: http://justocrphelp.tumblr.com/post/126652852913/get-to-know-the-muse-with-personality-tests (Original source link broken)

Bold the ones that apply to your character:

absent-minded | abusive | addict | aggressive | aimless | alcoholic | anxious | arrogant | audacious | bad liar | bigmouth | bigot | blindly obedient| blunt | callous | childish | chronic heroism | clingy | clumsy | cocky | competitive | corrupt | cowardly | cruel | cynical | delinquent | delusional | dependent | depressed | deranged | disloyal | ditzy | egotistical | envious | erratic | fickle | finicky | flaky | frail | fraudulent | guilt complex| gloomy | gluttonous | gossiper | gruff | gullible | hedonistic | humorless | hypochondriac | hypocritical | idealist | idiotic | ignorant | immature | impatient | incompetent | indecisive | insecure | insensitive | lazy | lewd | liar | lustful | manipulative | masochistic | meddlesome | melodramatic | money-loving | moody | naive | nervous | nosy | ornery |  overprotective | overly sensitive | paranoid | passive-aggressive | perfectionist | pessmist | petty | power-hungry | proud | pushover | reckless | reclusive | remorseless | rigorous | sadistic |sarcastic | senile | selfish | self-martyr | shallow | sociopathic | sore loser | spineless | spiteful | spoiled | stubborn | tactless |temperamental | timid | tone-deaf | traitorous | unathletic | ungracious | unlucky | unsophisticated | untrustworthy | vain | withdrawn |workaholic

Source: http://bunchofrpmemes.tumblr.com/post/117731865541/character-flaws

Get to know the muse with personality tests results, or for your own reference. (Take the tests and reply with your results bolded.)

MOTIV
Materialist | Offbeat | Thinking | Intimate | Vital | Conventional | Emotional | Withholding | Depressive ( soT|I|d )

GLOBAL 5
social | reserved | limbic | calm | organized | unstructured | accommodating | egocentric | non-curious | inquisitive ( RLOAI )

HOLLAND
realistic | investigative | artistic | social | entrepreneurial | conventional ( SAI )

R-DRIVE
Narcissism | Unconventionality | Empiricism | Vitality | Othercentricism | Independence | Integrity | Intellect | Stoicism | Orderliness | Hedonism | Dynamism | Activity | Romanticism

ENNEAGRAM
type 1 | type 2 | type 3 | type 4 | type 5 | type 6 | type 7 | type 8 | type 9

JUNG/MYERS-BRIGS
enfp | enfj | entp | entj | estj | esfj | estp | esfp | infp | infj | intp | intj | istj | isfj | istp | isfp

ALIGNMENT
lawful good | neutral good | chaotic good | true neutral| lawful neutral | chaotic neutral | lawful evil | neutral evil | chaotic evil

4 TEMPERAMENTS
melancholic | phlegmatic | choleric | sanguine

ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE
1 - 3 | 4 - 6 | 7 - 9 | 10 - 12 | 13-15 | 16 -18 | 19 -21 | 22 - 24 | 25 - 27 | 28 - 30

Source: http://justocrphelp.tumblr.com/post/126652852913/get-to-know-the-muse-with-personality-tests (Original source link broken)

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Get to know the muse with personality tests results, or for your own reference. (take the tests and reblog with your results bolded)

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R-DRIVE

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ENNEAGRAM

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JUNG/MYERS-BRIGS

enfp | enfj | entp | entj | estj | esfj | estp | esfp | infp | infj | intp | intj | istj | isfj | istp | isfp

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ALIGNMENT

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lawful good | neutral good | chaotic good | true neutral| lawful neutral | chaotic neutral | lawful evil | neutral evil | chaotic evil[/size]

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4 TEMPERAMENTS

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ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE

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Writers, bold all of your character’s regular truths.

1. Smoking: the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug.

2. Binge drinking: the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time.

3. Drug abuse: the habitual taking of illegal drugs.

4. Nail biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension.

5. Lip biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension.

6. Night Owl: a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night.

7. Early bird: a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time.

8. Negative attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with criticism and pessimism.

9. Positive attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with optimism and confidence.

10. Swearing: the use of offensive language.

11. Superstitious: an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.

12. Inspecting fingernails: a common body language sign of boredom.

13. Scratching your neck: a common body language sign of uncertainty.

14. Foot and finger tapping: a common body language sign of stress/impatience.

15. Nose touch: a subtle body language sign of deceit.

16. Flipping hair: a common body language sign of craving attention.

17. Twirling hair: a common body language sign of flirtation.

18. Cracking knuckles: a common body language sign of readiness.

19. Hands behind back: a common body language sign of confidence.

20. Finger pointing: a common body language sign of authority.

21. Hands on hips: a common body language sign of readiness.

22: Hands in pockets: a common body language sign of mistrust/reluctance.

23. Frequent touch: a common body language sign of warmth/familiarity.

24. Throat-clearing: a common body language sign of rejection/doubt.

25: Jaw-clenching: a common body language sign of hostility.

26: Eye-rolling: a common body language sign of irritation.

27: Head-tilt: a common body language sign of interest.

28. Whistling: to emit high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one’s lips or teeth; usually to a tune.

29. Humming: make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee; usually to a tune.

30. Perfectionism: refusal to accept any standard short of perfection.

31. Photographic memory: the ability to remember information or visual images in great detail.

32. Paranoia: a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically worked into an organized system.

33. Exaggeration: a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.

34: Intuitive: using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.

35: Quick-witted: showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively.

36: Interrupting: breaking the continuity of a conversation with one’s own statements.

37: Doodling: to scribble or make rough drawings, absent-mindedly.

38: Irritable: having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

39: Gambling: to play games of chance for money; bet.

40: Travel-sick: suffering from nausea caused by the motion of a moving vehicle, boat, or aircraft.

41: Sensitive: having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings.

42: Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

43: Chewing gum: the exercise of chewing flavoured gum which is not intended for swallowing.

44: Fidgeting: to make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.

45: Skeptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

46: Neat-freak: compulsively obsessed with cleanliness.

47: Gossiping: divulging personal information about others.

48: Prim: feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct.

49: Abbreviating: Giving others nicknames/shortening names/giving pet names.

50: Having a catchphrase: having a sentence or phrase typically associated with a specific person.

Source: http://her-self.tumblr.com/post/71337719034/all-quirks-my-muse-habitually-has