Quickie Sheet
The Quickie Sheet gives me juuuust enough prompts to start the ball rolling on plot, character, and the elements I know I want in my story. These include the basic character descriptors such as age, eye color, and hair color. I also write out any relevant current details such as living situation (apartment? house? roommate?) and education (did they go to college?) Once the basics are out of the way, I also like to outline important story elements such as what time of the year the story takes place (Christmas? Spring Break?) and a location for my story—on a lake in Ohio, or in a penthouse in Chicago?
There is no wrong way to build characters, plot, and setting. Just find what works for you. What I know about my method is that elements of my characters emerge as the I write the story. If I try and hammer out every detail before I start writing, I feel bored because there are no surprises, or overwhelmed because I can’t remember the 100 things I decided about them at the start. For this reason, the Quickie Sheet is my first stop.
The Quickie Sheet includes pages for character #1, character #2 and I have even included a character without a number in case you have to print multiple blank sheets. The download is yours forever, and you can reprint it as often as you like.
Now you’ll never be at a loss for a place to start when designing your characters!
The Quickie Sheet gives me juuuust enough prompts to start the ball rolling on plot, character, and the elements I know I want in my story. These include the basic character descriptors such as age, eye color, and hair color. I also write out any relevant current details such as living situation (apartment? house? roommate?) and education (did they go to college?) Once the basics are out of the way, I also like to outline important story elements such as what time of the year the story takes place (Christmas? Spring Break?) and a location for my story—on a lake in Ohio, or in a penthouse in Chicago?
There is no wrong way to build characters, plot, and setting. Just find what works for you. What I know about my method is that elements of my characters emerge as the I write the story. If I try and hammer out every detail before I start writing, I feel bored because there are no surprises, or overwhelmed because I can’t remember the 100 things I decided about them at the start. For this reason, the Quickie Sheet is my first stop.
The Quickie Sheet includes pages for character #1, character #2 and I have even included a character without a number in case you have to print multiple blank sheets. The download is yours forever, and you can reprint it as often as you like.
Now you’ll never be at a loss for a place to start when designing your characters!
The Quickie Sheet gives me juuuust enough prompts to start the ball rolling on plot, character, and the elements I know I want in my story. These include the basic character descriptors such as age, eye color, and hair color. I also write out any relevant current details such as living situation (apartment? house? roommate?) and education (did they go to college?) Once the basics are out of the way, I also like to outline important story elements such as what time of the year the story takes place (Christmas? Spring Break?) and a location for my story—on a lake in Ohio, or in a penthouse in Chicago?
There is no wrong way to build characters, plot, and setting. Just find what works for you. What I know about my method is that elements of my characters emerge as the I write the story. If I try and hammer out every detail before I start writing, I feel bored because there are no surprises, or overwhelmed because I can’t remember the 100 things I decided about them at the start. For this reason, the Quickie Sheet is my first stop.
The Quickie Sheet includes pages for character #1, character #2 and I have even included a character without a number in case you have to print multiple blank sheets. The download is yours forever, and you can reprint it as often as you like.
Now you’ll never be at a loss for a place to start when designing your characters!