HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT CHARACTER 📖 (best template) for your novel *detailed* character portfolio
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hi loves! today we will be going through exactly how to stylize and develop and create your ''perfect'' character for your novel! (template included!) i hope this helps you and the tips allow you to develop strong characters for ur amazing novel!!🤓👆🏼
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kinda crazy youre one of my favorite writer/author youtubers who keep me motivated and inspired to continue writing!!! thank you for this video
I'm only 14 and while I've written articles and stories for my school's newspaper, I've always wanted to write more and make a book. Your videos have given me that inspiration and I thank you so much for that, please keep up the good work!
@kevinreily2529
Жыл бұрын
You are on the right track. You need to "learn your craft, before taking on a novel". Next, try getting your short stories in publications other than the school newspaper. You are way ahead of almost everybody else your own age. Congrats.
@Hello-hello-hello456
Жыл бұрын
Just keep up the momentum and you’ll progress in no time. I used to write for my school too, but sadly didn’t continue. Don’t make the same mistake as I did.
@ICanBeYourFries
Жыл бұрын
I got into writing last year and I'm also 14, I'm mainly focusing on making things no one has done (whilst making it make sense) or love stories. And then I wanna turn those stories into actual movies. Shows. (Cartoon shows) its always been my dream and I have a long way to go.
@ryunawi8431
Жыл бұрын
I am 14 too. And I am working on a book. I love writing soo much
@peyton_official3
Жыл бұрын
Same but I can never make chapter 1 catching
Super late, but as a beginner writer who has her head filled to the brim with all sorts of ideas, all your videos have helped me in some way to finally get my ideas on a document! Its all thanks to you that I got the courage to take the first step for my new novel! I cant thank you enough, keep inspiring other unknown writers!
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
awww this seriously is so heart warming! thank u so so much! i am so so glad u have been able to write! it’s so amazing!! 🤍☺️
i'm 17 and have been writing since i was 10. for the first time ever i've gotten to the second draft process of my book, so i'm using your videos to help me define plot and characters. Thank you, they're really helpful and learning from someone as young as me makes it much less intimidating!
I found your channel yesterday while I was in writer's block and your videos really helped me !!! (Especially as a beginner writer). I definitely recommend your videos to beginner (and even experienced) writers
I literally procrastinated so hard on my writing this week, I didn't even open google Docs because I was stuck characters. This video came at the perfect time Anyways wonderful video, I love it when you upload honestly.
@frOyONotHere
Жыл бұрын
hey i had the same issue, but a quick scroll through pintrest changed it all! if you have the time search up gacha ocs for so many different styles aesthetic
This approach to writing is wildly different from mine (I write 50 000 word brainstorm documents before starting a draft), but it was very inspiring for some reason I can't explain and I figured out my character's arc from watching it so thank you.
@Victoriathewriter
Жыл бұрын
Same here. I used to write without an outline, but now, I am like woah!
@Baolan-dn1hi
18 күн бұрын
How do you organize your doc without getting overwhelmed omg??
Your videos have single-handedly been keeping my motivation to write alive lately. I love watching one before I start my writing for the day, they're always super helpful and the sense of community on your channel makes me feel less alone in my writing struggles. Excited to watch this one since I'm doing some character revisions as we speak!
i've never thought of doing this, it looks so neat and helpful, defo going to give this a try!! i love that your channel has all the videos i've always been wanting to watch on how to help me write! thank you for this!
I tried this method and it worked very well! I love how simple it is. This led me to get a better understanding of my character and now it feels like I know Jane from the inside and out! Thank you for another amazing tutorial! 💕
you're one of the best writing channels ever!!! this is INCREDIBLY helpful, keep doing things like this it helps out so much!!
This was so helpful to create one of my new charcters!! I love how to the point it is :) thank you for the cosy video as always
Ana, I keep going back to watch all of your videos whenever I hit a writing slump and they help so much!!! You're my absolute favorite authortuber fr! Love you and your content so much
this video is AWEESOMEEE !! i already adore eve ngl, she seems like a lovely character
Hi!! This is my first video I've watched of yours. I'm not exactly a beginner, but I love to see how other people plan out their stories. I really love your method! Def gonna be watching other videos! Also, your Xie Lian sticker is SO cute!
Thank you soooo much! I’ve always struggled with making actually good characters so this helped so much omg tysm!!!!
I love these sorts of videos! I’m so excited to watch Ana!
I absolutely love your channel! You know how to make each part of the writing process clear and concise.
TYSM FOR THIS TEMPLATE YOUR A LIFE SAVER!!
your videos are so aesthetically pleasing to watch omg. as well as the amazing advice, i love the inosuke poster in the back!!!💕
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
hehe aw thank youuu! and mm! i love inosuke!!!🤍😝
I just want to say thank you for helping me to begin on my journey of writing. Thanks.
Your channel really helps me get better with writing. By the way your characters are great 👍
hi from greece. I am loving your channel! also, this template is very helpful. Your videos really inspire me to keep writing💗
Thank you so much for making videos that can help me set up my (for fun) books!
honestly thank you for making the template. I'll use it for plotting ''the promise of time'', a sleeping beauty retelling.
GOD IM IN LOVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TEMPLATE AND THE VIDEO 10/10 your SO AWESOME SKSKKS
@_lwndo
Жыл бұрын
how did you use it for me it only lets me look at it
i just discovered your channel and i'm watching through your old videos becuase it's helping me so much! I want to write a book and i've started multiple projects but they just don't... stick? So I decided to properly plan this time (I think I'm going to try a fantasy novel along the lines of dystopian but with some modern traits..? not sure yet) something that I will find interesting to write and your videos are helping so much! I used art breeder for the first time and used this template and the videos were so helpful, just so glad I found this channel!!!
I just want to say THANK YOU!! I found the perfect main character and I followed your steps and I got back from my writers block! You deserve more fame, honestly. I couldn't have gotten this far without you you really helped me!
Thank you for posting this, Ana! I'm gonna use the template for my characters!
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
aw yay! ima so glad!
I’ve been working on this story for literally years for myself I’m a teenager and we don’t learn this stuff in school. I swear you’re making me even more excited to write now that I have some organized way of figuring stuff out thank you so much!!
The fact that Ana's videos are timeless
can i say that I fricking love you?! GIRL I'M SO THANKFUL. you're helping me so much writing my book, and I really hope it will come out great! thanks for your advices. In these days I'm like seeing aaaaaalll of your videos lol. I love you girl! keep going! ;)
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
awww ur so so sweeeet!! im so glad im helping you!🤍it’s the reason I make videos bestie xx
aa you are so inspiringg
I would love a video about how you find inspiration for characters :) And thx for this video it was really helpful!!
What an amazing template! Thank you very much for sharing it =)
I’m 13 and my besties said that i have writing potential and that i should write a book, but i never put too much mind into it because I didn’t know how to write a book or i just thought i wasn’t that good . . . Until i found you!!!! Your videos are so good and easy to follow and you are extremely helpful for young writers and beginners! Thank you so much!!!
@huntercoleman460
Жыл бұрын
Anyone can write a book. You just got to motivate yourself to write it.
@gabbymacias80015
Жыл бұрын
@@huntercoleman460I seriously needed to hear that thank you!
Hello Ana! I found your yt channel yesterday. I was scrolling through rainbow loom tutorials and found this video on "my rainbow loom creations" have you guessed who it was?? It was you!! I was very excited when I found out you have other interesting hobbies such as doing vlogs about writing!! Your videos have been very helpful with me writing my own novel. Not only that, but you have inspired me to keep on writing when I lost motivation. I'm your biggest fan and hope you may become a successful writer one day!
i love your vids you inspire me to achive my dreams and your vids are very helpful to new authors
Such a great template!! I'm looking forward to using it for my OCs. Now if only I could get a hang of using artbreeder 😅
Amazing video! That template is great! I think I'll use it from now on for making my characters🙂
@Its.Diamond28
10 ай бұрын
How did you put the template in your Google docs I can't find a way to do it.
thank you so much! i recently decided to do nanowrimo and this really helped!
I gave up on my novel... but then I watched this video and I am ready to start writing again!
Your videos make me happy ❤
This really cleared some things out for me, thank you so much for the advice! Also, the Xie Lian keychain is literally so adorable!
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
awww tysm!!
@skylight.exe_
Жыл бұрын
@@ananeu where'd you get it, Ana? ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ
Your videos are so aesthetically pleasing! This also helped me create good characters for my horror fantasy book!
thanks for this!! i really need to develop my characters more.
Funny enough I’m 12 years old and attempting to write a book and I feel like half the reason I’m doing so is because you are my inspiration so thank you!!
@Z5Z5Z5
2 ай бұрын
You got this! Youre so young, its good to start now :))
@Zoezz-vg9tp
Ай бұрын
Me too!
@themosa
29 күн бұрын
I'm not much older doing the same thing lol
@cairowood3080
19 күн бұрын
Samsees!
Tysm! I've been struggling so much 😂
wow, that is so helpfull! thank you!
i'm struggling most with creating realistic characters so this came at the perfect time
@Royalhighmanic
2 ай бұрын
How do u use it? It lets me access the link but not add my own text
Thankyou for this. ✨
i love how simple this profile is! it hits all of the right bases too 👍 i also love to jot down the character’s goal, fear, and misbelief 🤩💓
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
ooo those are great elements too!!
@martizen
Жыл бұрын
@@ananeu aren't they?!?! i learned about it from abbie emmons, it tells you a lot about a character to ponder it!
@cam-ij2dg
Жыл бұрын
@@martizen i LOVE abbie emmons omg she's helped me so much
im starting my story and ur vids help sm❤❤
I was looking for a video just like this. I stumbled across this weird old video about why you shouldn’t make a character spreadsheet and I was like “wah I literally typed in how TO create a character spreadsheet” and i lost hope in 2 seconds but then i saw the thumbnail of this video right under that one and I was like lemme check it out. I haven’t even watched this full video yet but your channel seems so aesthetic and plus, I found other videos abt characters on your channel and i’m really excited so yeah !! 💟🎀 EDIT: IS THAT A CAVETOWN POSTER ?!? 💕
You are the most talented writer ever😀
hi!! it's me….again. ANYWAYS. Ana, you’ve inspired me so much and have kept me writing no matter what! Whenever I get a notification saying you’ve posted, I always smile and drop what I'm doing to watch. I’ve finally been able to plot my novel, and I’ve decided I am going to change my MCs name to Ana. I decided to do this because of how MUCH you helped me get to this point. You're so informative and motivational, and I know you spend so much time creating content for our enjoyment! I might be able to write a novel this time because of you. ❤️❤️ Have a wonderful day/night/or whatever time it is when you're reading this :) (p.s. I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. FOR. YOU. TO. PUBLISH. ONE. OF. YOUR. NOVELS. Because I just know it's gonna be on the shelf with my other 5 stars.)
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
ive never cried reading a comment before. i just woke up and ur beautiful words have made my whole day. goodness i can’t express how much you mean to me! ur so so sweet, aww im so honoured and so happy right now! I truly am so so proud for you, your so strong for continuing on writing your amazing novel, and i am just so grateful I was able to help. ur encouraging words mean the world!! it’s the reason i create this videos so thank you so so much xx PS I can’t wait for U to publish ur book! ill def love to read it too bestie!! let me know how ur going always xx i always love ur comment ❤️❤️❤️
AHHHH this is gonna help me so much since i try so many character profile templates and nothing works! YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHAT WE NEED 😍
@skywalkernation
Жыл бұрын
AHAHAHA HI MADI IM USING HER TEMPLATE RNNNN LMAO
@coryosnows
Жыл бұрын
@@skywalkernation HELP HI EM
@coryosnows
Жыл бұрын
@@skywalkernation HELP HI
@boredboreder9238
Жыл бұрын
Can you plsss tell me how you got it to Google docs or how you got it to work??
Note that the template is not actually usable. You're still forced to remake it, laboriously, by hand. It shouldn't have been made a public document, but rather, just a regular document put out with the permissions set to "anyone with the link can view" and then that would allow people to make a fresh copy to their own drive. The version as-is... I'm not even sure how to do/make/fix. In Notion, sure, but in GDocs... I dunno.
@thatonekoreanviewer3733
9 ай бұрын
you can copy and paste it into your own document
@raysofrubes
9 ай бұрын
nah you just copy and paste💀💀
@GooCrood
8 ай бұрын
But where do I even download it 😢😅
@raysofrubes
8 ай бұрын
description of the video @@GooCrood
This is the most smartest and fun way to make character profiles
I’m twelve and you have inspired me so much in my current book
Great vid
i stumbled across this video and immediately subscribed
Lol when I saw Amen he reminds me sooo much of the main character out of Sweet home
Hey there! This has really helped my writing block. My character is called Ida! She is a theif who lives on the streets of London. She is 18 years old!
I got such a good idea… Still on the first chapter, introducing my Main character!
I've just created three of my characters for my book: Ian Neval- Murderous Author with a plan to murder his girlfriend. Leah Donovan - Best friend of Ian's gf, goes through alot and everyone just thinks she's jealous. Shilah Varna- main character. Gets manipulated
I’m only 10 but I’m thinking of writing a book, and this really helped me flesh out my characters! (And yes, I know I’m a bit young to be writing a book lol)
@raysofrubes
9 ай бұрын
I wish you the best!! Good luck hun, you got this xx
@dyingrat9
9 ай бұрын
@@raysofrubes thank you! :)
@ShayanMallick29
4 ай бұрын
id love to know more about ur book! Im 13. Do u write fantasy?
The first thing I see is her keyboard……She had Paimon on it…..GIRLLLLLLL SLAYYYYYY
@ananeu
8 ай бұрын
mwahahhh
I use this template for EVERY story and it is so handy! Thank you so much Ana
@Witty_Star
Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to figure out how to put the templet in my google doc, how did you do that?
@princess_chrlie
10 ай бұрын
@@Witty_Star trying to find that out as we speak... i think I'm stupid
@Theaeretical
9 ай бұрын
Copy/paste it
I use a similar template but for the whole manuscript, where I draft, character build, worldbuild, outline and write everything in one giant doc with all the proper formatting. And Google doc tables are so incredibly useful. The 0 draft project template i made is very detailed lol 49 pages and it still needs to be filled in 💀.
evette's personality is similar to mine !! like, we're twins.
Hi I am a new writer and I don't know anything and your vids help me a lot. But I still don't know the base and stuff so I was hoping if u could post a whole beginners tut
ahh tysm for this! btw, where is your blouse from? it's sooo beautiful 🤩
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
aww tysm! im actually not sure because it’s thrifted! but thrift stores usually have similar pieces!
Great vid. Where did you get that awesome digital wall clock??? 🔥🔥
😢 I stopped writing for years. I have character ideas, but I never detailed them. I need practice on world building,and plot. I am close to thirty and would love to make a short a novel. Eventually. Getting back into writing soon, thank you for this PS: where the link?
I want to write a book, but I don't know how to write. Thank you. For video, inspired me ❤❤❤❤😊😊
❤yessss
Hi this was really interesting. Would you approach the villain of the story the same way when making a character sheet or are they treated differently?
heyy ana! how r u today? hope ur okay. i loved your video and wanted to ask if you could give us the link to your notion template, plsss 💗
I love her spacebar 😂
Hiii! I found your channel today and thank you!! You've so far really helped me. Also, quick question! How do you paste the template into docs?? I tried a few times and can't seem to figure it out! :)
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
hello!! aw this means so much! what you do is just highlight all the text and press ctl/command c and then ctl/command paste! should work ;)
@layluvs
Жыл бұрын
@@ananeu Thank you so much!!
Is there a tutorial on how to to put that template on Google docs so you can do your charters and there information.😅
Could you make a tutorial on how you made the template because i clicked the link to the aesthetic template but i can’t write in it or do anything to it 👩💻
@viridityforever
11 ай бұрын
basically just click on the plus sign at the top of ur screen when on a open doc, and it will show that u can add a table, add a table w the amount of rows u want so for the first one you'd want 2 collums and 6 rows and just keep on making tables to so the rest :)
tysm for the video ana! sooo, if u dont remember, l was the one who asked you how you set up your google doc to look like, aesthetic or something, with the boxes around the buttons and stuff. you told me in was in the chrome web store under themes (I think) but l cant find it...do you remember what it was called by any chance?
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
i searched up ‘brown’ I think…but I will be doing a video on this so stay tuned! aww im sorry if u can’t find it, I hope to film that video soon for u!!
Ik this is very unrelated to the video but I noticed in your character profile for Amen that he’s aromantic and bisexual which makes me super happy as a bi aro myself
love your videos Ana and have been watching them from the start, I have been trying the templates for a long time but I am having one issue and that is aligning the table and character image together can you tell me how to align them easily.
I just started writng and this rlly helped! Just how can i use this document in my docs?
❤Thank you for show how to do this in google docs because I only saw videos on this with writing programs❤ but how to get the template?
One thing about writers, that they often don't know about themselves, is that they make great dungeon masters in Dungeons & Dragons. That character creation program reminded me of character creation for D&D.
I dont know how to edit your template but thanks for helping me to make mybook
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
aw yay!! if you want to edit it just copy the whole page by highlighting it and copy it into a new document!
@Jujutemblog
Жыл бұрын
@@ananeu Thank you very much ana! I finally got it TwT. And also thank you for sharing your experiences with us!
Evette is my middle name and I sometimes go by Evie😊
this is such a good template, thank you for sharing this for free!!! I am currently planning my first novel (I started it too early and i need to plan more, lol) and i am not sure about my characters so this will help a whole lot. also, not related to your vid. I challenge you to write to super Mario music. hear me out, I understand this might be weird but people on the internet said when listening to this music they wrote/did their work faster. I tried it myself... and they’re right… I listened to this music while brainstorming for an idea i had, and within 9 mins i had 10 ideas ... I expected like 4 total ideas by the end I was done but nope 10 in 9 mins!!!!!! hope you film this process because it would be hilarious seeing your reaction. p.s this doesn't work for everybody so don't feel bad if your speed doesn't increase.
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
haha yes!! this music sometimes helps me with my essay writing for my uni assignments hahha. will def give this a go with my writing too haha xx
how do you get your google doc to have outlines on the top bar and the page itself? i really like the way it looks :)
0:23 AHHH CAVETOWN CAVETOWN CAVETOWNNN
How do you write tho? I’ve had my timeline and characters but like what words are best used and what order is best to use them in?
im always unsure on which characters are important enough to write all of this stuff about and which aren't
Hey Anna wondering if you could put the link to your keychain on your computer and your computer space bar
Your video is very useful, but i have a problem that I can't use the template!
Hey update, your character profile helped me sooooo much. like how, was there magic on it or something?
@ananeu
Жыл бұрын
hehe xx
I can't get the template to work so I can use it. It looks amazing help