For my next installment of my persona development articles, I have decided to adapt character questions I have found online and in Elizabeth George’s book Write away : one novelist's approach to fiction and the writing life. You may find that you don’t have to answer all of these questions. They are just here to help you on your way to figuring out how your persona ticks.

1. Given Name & Nickname(s):
2. Where is your Character From? Where were they born?
3. How would you describe your character physically?
   • gender
   • age
   • height
   • weight
   • hair color/style
   • eye color
   • makeup
   • clothing style
   • race/ethnicity
4. Does your character have any recurring mannerisms?
5. What is your character’s main motivation?
   • Outer Goal (physical):
   • Inner Goal (psychological/emotional):
   • Superobjective:
   • Life, career, or personal goals outside of the realm of the story:
6. What is your character’s greatest strength? Weakness?
7. What are your characters least and most favorite things?
8. What about your character’s psychology?
9. What is your character’s single greatest fear?
10. What are your character’s highest ambitions? Her greatest love?
11. Deepest secret or wildest fantasy?
12. Does your character have any prejudices?
13. Where do your character’s loyalties lie?
14. Is your character in love? Is she married or betrothed?.
15. What about your character’s family? What is their Family structure/life?
    A profile of each family member
    • profession:
    • socioeconomic level:
    • religion:
    • habits:
    • quality of relationship with child(ren):
    • living/deceased:
16. Sense (or lack!) of humor: what makes your character laugh?
17. How religious is your character?
18. Attitudes toward:
    • self
    • others
    • friendship
    • sex
    • love
    • family
    • marriage
    • religion
19. What does your character have the greatest respect for?
20. Why did they choose their particular profession?
21. Do they collect anything?
22. What is their most embarrassing moment?
23. Are they superstitious? How so?
24. If they were given the opportunity to know the exact date of their final death, would they want to know it?
25. Your character’s chosen deity speaks to them, and says that they can end the war tomorrow if they will slay an innocent child. Would they do it?
26. What is something that your character has lost that they wish they could get back?
27. What is your character’s biggest regret?
28. Do they believe in love at first sight?
29. What do you see is the biggest contradiction(s) your character lives out?:
30. Education or important learning experiences?
31. Who is your character's hero, or who do they admire or emulate?
32. Catchphrase that defines their worldview? (examples: "What goes around comes around." "Live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse." etc.)
33. Does your character prefer being around men or women? Do their closest friends tend to be men or women?
34. How many different sexual partners has your character had in their life? Would they prefer to have had more or fewer? Questions from:
    • Character Questionnaire
    • Character Questions for Kistaa