Article: This is important because it determines if the character will change or remain the same throughout the story. They may experience a fundamental personality change between the beginning and end of the story. If this happens, plan the event that caused the character’s transformation. What lessons did they learn or fail to learn? Think about if the character will experience a life-changing event but doesn’t change. For example, experiencing the death of one’s spouse would be a life-changing event for most people, but if your character is unaffected by this, explain why that is. A protagonist is a “good guy” and an antagonist is a “bad guy.” With your character details figured out, define which of your characters falls into each category. This way, you build up the cast for your story. Keep in mind that not all main characters are protagonists. You could flip the perspective by making your main character the antagonist who causes everyone else’s struggles in the story. People change as they get older. The beliefs they held can change over time. Think about the timescale of your story. If it covers years, then some of your characters could change significantly in that time. In this case, build new character profiles for each character at different ages. This helps you work out how the character changes through time.  If the change is only a few months, then new profiles aren’t necessary unless a character changes completely in that time. Take the character’s relative age into account to decide if they need a new character profile. For example, if the character was 10 in one chapter but 15 in another, that’s a big jump. However, if someone goes from 30 to 35, that’s not as big of a jump because a 30-year-old has already established their personality.

What is a summary?
Decide if this character will experience a life-changing event in the story. Plan if this character will be a protagonist or antagonist. Write another profile if the character will age in the story.