Character sheets? I know your probably wondering why I'm bringing up character sheets in a creative Scrivere area. The fact is character sheets can be an important tool to your writing.
If te Outline o came up with a character that te don't think quite fits in your current story, a sheet is a good tool to you.
Character sheets are a good way to keep track of your characters. Their growth as te go; It helps te work out little quirks in their personality like for example 'Twitch bites his nails when he doesn't have his twin nearby'. Every little bit helps with keeping things in mind and expanding upon them plus if te want to bring them to life in a role-play te have exactly what te need.
They are a fun way to keep your characters in order and tell them apart. If te outline then te have a nice quick reference sheet that te can look at their appearance, personality, backstory, etc.
It allows te to write down little things such as secrets, likes, dislikes, fears, family members, pets, addictions. Their Friends and Enemies are also what te can write down. It can help with flaws if te fear the notorious Mary Sue o te know te have a Mary Sue and te want to fix it. Then if te have a lot of characters te have a way to make sure te don't miss one.
Character reference sheet types
Now that we've looked at how helpful they can be lets look at the types.
There's your basic D&D sheet. Complicated and requires a lot of math but, then te know exactly what your character's limits are in dice rolls.
There's sheets te can print off from Deviant art and fill out.
te can make up your own. Which is often used in role-plays on the web, especially ones that are on forums.
The main things that te keep in one of the simpler sheets are ones that state. Name, Age, Description, Other. Then there are some that are much più complicated.
Here are some examples of sheets te could use as a templet that I use.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Powers:
appearance:
Personality
Bio:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race, Species:
Powers:
Weaknesses:
Appearance:
Personality:
Backstory:
Other:
This one is about as in-depth as te can get though people don't really enjoy filling these out for role-plays. When rping the key thing to keep in mind is make it as short as possible but, still long enough where it goes into enough depth that people aren't confused o someone isn't bringing in a absolute MarySue. I most commonly use the secondo one. Feel free to mix and match and customize them like if te were doing, lets say a Harry Potter role-play it'd probably be good to do a sheet like this one below labeled Hp Sheet.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race:
Species:
Powers/abilities:
Weaknesses:(both powers and general weaknesses - a disability o anything that limits them)
Appearance:
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Skills:
Weapons:
Family:
Friends:
enemies:
Backstory:
Pets:
Quirks:
fears:
Secrets:
sexuality:
Occupation:
Picture:
birthplace:
current location:
height:
weight:
Other:
Harry Potter sheet:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race:
Blood status:
Wand(wood, core, length, flexibility):
House:
animagus:
Personality:
Appearance:
Backstory:
Other:
The options of what te can do with a sheet are practically limitless. Now I hope that after te read this te went and decided to make your own o start mapping out your characters.
If te Outline o came up with a character that te don't think quite fits in your current story, a sheet is a good tool to you.
Character sheets are a good way to keep track of your characters. Their growth as te go; It helps te work out little quirks in their personality like for example 'Twitch bites his nails when he doesn't have his twin nearby'. Every little bit helps with keeping things in mind and expanding upon them plus if te want to bring them to life in a role-play te have exactly what te need.
They are a fun way to keep your characters in order and tell them apart. If te outline then te have a nice quick reference sheet that te can look at their appearance, personality, backstory, etc.
It allows te to write down little things such as secrets, likes, dislikes, fears, family members, pets, addictions. Their Friends and Enemies are also what te can write down. It can help with flaws if te fear the notorious Mary Sue o te know te have a Mary Sue and te want to fix it. Then if te have a lot of characters te have a way to make sure te don't miss one.
Character reference sheet types
Now that we've looked at how helpful they can be lets look at the types.
There's your basic D&D sheet. Complicated and requires a lot of math but, then te know exactly what your character's limits are in dice rolls.
There's sheets te can print off from Deviant art and fill out.
te can make up your own. Which is often used in role-plays on the web, especially ones that are on forums.
The main things that te keep in one of the simpler sheets are ones that state. Name, Age, Description, Other. Then there are some that are much più complicated.
Here are some examples of sheets te could use as a templet that I use.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Powers:
appearance:
Personality
Bio:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race, Species:
Powers:
Weaknesses:
Appearance:
Personality:
Backstory:
Other:
This one is about as in-depth as te can get though people don't really enjoy filling these out for role-plays. When rping the key thing to keep in mind is make it as short as possible but, still long enough where it goes into enough depth that people aren't confused o someone isn't bringing in a absolute MarySue. I most commonly use the secondo one. Feel free to mix and match and customize them like if te were doing, lets say a Harry Potter role-play it'd probably be good to do a sheet like this one below labeled Hp Sheet.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race:
Species:
Powers/abilities:
Weaknesses:(both powers and general weaknesses - a disability o anything that limits them)
Appearance:
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Skills:
Weapons:
Family:
Friends:
enemies:
Backstory:
Pets:
Quirks:
fears:
Secrets:
sexuality:
Occupation:
Picture:
birthplace:
current location:
height:
weight:
Other:
Harry Potter sheet:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Race:
Blood status:
Wand(wood, core, length, flexibility):
House:
animagus:
Personality:
Appearance:
Backstory:
Other:
The options of what te can do with a sheet are practically limitless. Now I hope that after te read this te went and decided to make your own o start mapping out your characters.