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NekoLLX Writer: Tokusatsu 5YrWar from Soviet America Since: Nov, 2010
Writer: Tokusatsu 5YrWar
#1: Jun 13th 2011 at 12:54:39 AM

starting with this thread https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=gdokvfwv1nbm7e71ohmwgrnm i created a sort of 5 questions on personality http://nekollx.deviantart.com/gallery/30790176#/d3ioqpn

However i want to make a more robust character sheet for other projects and i figured where better then TV Tropes to come up with 10 questions that would help define a character's personality.

7 friends, a robot, and a spirit, will find a way to protect us...if it kills them.
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#2: Jun 13th 2011 at 1:12:22 AM

[up]Could you reproduce your existing five questions, please? The link has some rather small text.

NekoLLX Writer: Tokusatsu 5YrWar from Soviet America Since: Nov, 2010
Writer: Tokusatsu 5YrWar
#3: Jun 13th 2011 at 1:59:34 AM

About this Pony:

How does this pony act when alone? xxx

Does your character treats everyone the same? Is your character nicer/meaner/funnier/etc. with certain people? If so, why do they act differently? xxx

Are the feelings your character expresses on the outside really what your character feels? For example: Is your character a Stepford Smiler? xxx

If your character could have unlimited power/anonymity, would your character remain being the same person? xxx

Does your character have a burden/secrets that he/she isn’t able to share? xxx

7 friends, a robot, and a spirit, will find a way to protect us...if it kills them.
bluepenguin Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Jun 13th 2011 at 5:18:46 AM

There are lots of questionnaires of this kind out there already (here's one; here's another — there are others, those are just two I had bookmarked). You could always comb through the existing lists and pick out the ones you find most important.

edited 13th Jun '11 5:19:17 AM by bluepenguin

NekoLLX Writer: Tokusatsu 5YrWar from Soviet America Since: Nov, 2010
Writer: Tokusatsu 5YrWar
#5: Jun 13th 2011 at 4:04:24 PM

i dunno i already did a full write up using the guide in the book "how to write believable characters" those two links seem to indepth and if i only take a few questions from each section it's not going to really make sense in context. I'm trying to come up with 10 (that will be paired with a full bio) that outline their personalities for use in a appendix, readers aren't going to want to read a 5 page Trieste per character just to get a lay of their personality.

7 friends, a robot, and a spirit, will find a way to protect us...if it kills them.
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