Character development templates
Hi yall. I’ve been writing on and off every so often for 2 years or so but I always end up quitting because I get overwhelmed. Recently I got a surge of inspiration for a story and wanted to get back into writing. Once I developed the concept to something I could describe with words instead of just floating ideas, I decided to start working on the main character of the story. I’m the type of person that needs to have a nice pretty and organised profile of a character, location or item or else it won’t work for me. Like I need a template fully filled in or else I just can’t progress.
The problem is all the templates I could find online were either too detailed to the point I’d get overwhelmed or too barebones. One asks me about the character’s blood type (in what world outside of a medical drama would that ever be relevant?), predominant hand, meaning behind name (9/10 times I name my OCs based on vibes), relationship deal breakers, body markings and their least favourite music genre while another template doesn’t even ask for the character flaws, dreams and fears. As in the most basic details. Others force often times unrelated sliders or categories onto the characters. For example in “priorities” they would give you a list of options as if they were the only possible options for a priority.
I would appreciate any help in either finding a template that has all the necessities for a beginner without all the extra high level stuff that my brain just isnt ready for or a way to get myself to not rely on templates so much.
and as always: happy writing, any advice is appreciated and thx for ur time 😊