![]() ![]() Finally, I have references to their relationships with other characters, which can be a jumping off point to another character sheet. Once I do scroll, I see the sort of detailed information that I might need to reference but that I more often use when fleshing out a character. I arranged it so that in Scrivener, my preferred word processor, I can see it all without scrolling. I find it also helps to have the information I search for most often display at the top. Because I reference them often, however, it also helps to not have categories I don’t often make use of. Because of this, it can be really helpful to have categories for everything I want. I use character sheets both as a way to remember information about a character (what color were those eyes?) and as a way to ask myself questions about a new or underdeveloped character. One of my characters, for example, is left-handed, which is important to a particular scene, and writing that on her character sheet made me realize the dominant hand of other characters could make a difference in certain action scenes and would be helpful to note down. Because I had a number of characters already well-fleshed out, thinking about how I would describe them really helped me come up with categories I could use more broadly. Whereas in the past, I had looked up and copied from other examples, making adjustments on an as-needed basis, this time I really sat down and thought about my characters and what’s important to know about them. I recently took some time to develop a template that’s specifically tailored to the fantasy/sci fi series I’m writing. In this post, I’m going to lay out some tips for designing your own character sheet and also provide mine as a sample to use if you would like it. Especially in a book or book series in which there are many characters or certain characters that appear infrequently, it can be an extremely helpful reference for maintaining continuity. Character sheets can be a great way of brainstorming and organizing information about characters.
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