In 2004 I attended a playwrighting master class. This was a great exercise for creating a play idea and character on-the-spot. The teacher, British playwright, Kaite O'Reilly ran through the list of questions at a fairly fast pace. We were all writing furiously and felt like we were really beginning to pull a real person out of thin air when finished. This is not as in depth a character analysis as you can do, I'm assigning this as a short version.
Here's the list of questions (red coloured ones are most crucial):
Your gender? Age?
Do you swear?
With whom do you live?
What’s your favourite drink?
When you were small, what was your nickname?
Favourite colour?
In material terms, do others consider you successful?
When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be?
Have you ever been in love?
What’s your marital status?
What is your ambition?
Your favourite music? Song?
Educational level?
Ethnicity
What makes you laugh?
Are your parents living? Do they live nearby?
What is your favourite holiday? Why?
Where do you live?
What would your mother say is your biggest weakness?
What would she say is your greatest strength?
Do you have any dependants?
What is your relationship with them like?
Who do you despise most in the world? Why?
What are you really good at?
Do you run your own life, or do you do what others tell you to do?
Are you concerned with pleasing anyone? Who?
What is your greatest fear?
If your enemy were to use 3 words to describe you, what would they say?
Why do you have an enemy?
What do others think about you?
What is your favourite holiday destination?
What is your private joy?
Are you religious? Are you moral?
Who do you resemble most in the world?
What is a secret you don’t feel you can tell anyone?
Do you have any rituals? Describe.
Sports?
How do you feel about your body?
How do you feel about those 5 year old dreams of yours now?
Do you have a hobby?
How would you describe your emotional life?
What do you want from life?
What is stopping you?
What are you going to do about it?
Your gender? Age?
Do you swear?
With whom do you live?
What’s your favourite drink?
When you were small, what was your nickname?
Favourite colour?
In material terms, do others consider you successful?
When you were 5 years old, what did you want to be?
Have you ever been in love?
What’s your marital status?
What is your ambition?
Your favourite music? Song?
Educational level?
Ethnicity
What makes you laugh?
Are your parents living? Do they live nearby?
What is your favourite holiday? Why?
Where do you live?
What would your mother say is your biggest weakness?
What would she say is your greatest strength?
Do you have any dependants?
What is your relationship with them like?
Who do you despise most in the world? Why?
What are you really good at?
Do you run your own life, or do you do what others tell you to do?
Are you concerned with pleasing anyone? Who?
What is your greatest fear?
If your enemy were to use 3 words to describe you, what would they say?
Why do you have an enemy?
What do others think about you?
What is your favourite holiday destination?
What is your private joy?
Are you religious? Are you moral?
Who do you resemble most in the world?
What is a secret you don’t feel you can tell anyone?
Do you have any rituals? Describe.
Sports?
How do you feel about your body?
How do you feel about those 5 year old dreams of yours now?
Do you have a hobby?
How would you describe your emotional life?
What do you want from life?
What is stopping you?
What are you going to do about it?
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