2024 NanoWrimo Story

Oct. 3 - Protagonist Profile

Oct. 3 - Protagonist Profile: ▼


Draft a profile of your protagonist. Include detailed information such as name, age, physical attributes, occupation, education, culture, religion, family, relationship status, personality, likes, dislikes, strengths, weakness, motivations and desires. Use Google Images to find an image of your character. The point of this exercise is for you to get to know your character inside and out before you write your novel. If you don't know your character, how can you expect it of your readers? Flesh out your pre-story character in detail. Keep in mind that your protagonist will grow in some way during your story. For more serious character profilers, here is are two optional, very extensive templates: "Character Interview / Profile Sheet" and "(Another, Very) In-Depth Character Profile" . Also, here is a "Traits List" to draw from.

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CHARACTER INTERVIEW / PROFILE

Name: Jacob Arther Townsend Hansen

Background: Born into royalty and grown up as dirt poor.
Birthday: March 17th
Place of birth: Land of Nuvem, Townsend Castle
Parents: Queen Ann and King Richard
What was important to the people who raised him: Harold Hansen adopted him and raised Jacob as his own son. It was important for him to be a good man and make good choices no matter what his future held. He hoped he could help him regain his rightful place on the thrown as the king. But for now, it was too dangerous for anyone including Jacob himself to know his true identity.
Siblings: none
Economic/social status growing up: very poor
Ethnic background:
Places lived:
Current address and phone number:
Education:
Favorite subject in school: History
Special training: none
Jobs:
Salary:
Travel:

Friends:
How do people view this character:
Lives with: Harold Hansen
Fights with:
Spends time with:
Wishes to spend time with:
Who depends on him and why: The entire kingdom depends on him to take back his rightful place as king from the current evil king who had killed his parents.
What people does he most admire:
Enemies:
Dating, marriage:
Children: none
Relationship with God:

Overall outlook on life: hard
Does this character like himself: yes and no. He struggles with his own identity and struggles to fit in.
What, if anything, would he like to change about his life: He wished he wasn't so poor.
What personal demons haunt him: nightmares and a bad temper.
Is he lying to himself about something: no
Optimistic/pessimistic: pessimistic
Real/feigned: real
Morality level: average
Confidence level: lacking
Typical day:


Physical appearance
Body type: skinny
Posture: straight
Head shape: oval
Eyes: hazel
Nose: well defined
Mouth: thin lips
Hair: brown
Skin: well tanned
Tattoos/piercings/scars: scar on right shoulder
Voice: baritone
What people notice first: his clumsiness
Clothing: ragged
How would he describe himself: fair and hardly worth anything
Health/disabilities/handicaps: good health

Characteristics
Personality type (choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic, melancholy):
Strongest/weakest character traits:
How can the flip side of his strong point be a weakness:
How much self-control and self-discipline does he have:
What makes him irrationally angry:
What makes him cry:
Fears:
Talents:
What people like best about him:

Interests and favorites
Political leaning:
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Music:
Books:
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Sports, recreation:
Did he play in school:
Color:
Best way to spend a weekend:
A great gift for this person:
Pets:
Vehicles:
What large possessions does he own (car, home, furnishings, boat, etc.)
and which does he like best:

Typical expressions
When happy:
When angry:
When frustrated:
When sad:

Idiosyncrasies:
Laughs or jeers at:
Ways to cheer up this person:
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Hopes and dreams:
How does he see himself accomplishing these dreams:
What’s the worst thing he’s ever done to someone and why:
Greatest success:
Biggest trauma:
Most embarrassing thing that ever happened to him:
What does he care about most in the world:
Does he have a secret:
If he could do one thing and succeed at it, what would it be:
He is the kind of person who:
What do you love most about this character:
Why will the reader sympathize with this person right away:
How is the character ordinary or extraordinary:
How is his situation ordinary or extraordinary:

Core Need:
Corresponding psychological maneuver (delusions, obsessions,
compulsions, addictions, denials, hysterical ailments, hypochondria, illnesses,
behaviors harming the self, behavior harming others, manias, and phobias):
Anecdote (defining moment):
History: