Michelle Baleka

Originally created for an internet writing class, Character Creation Hub is a website I designed to be a helpful tool for creative writers. Along with describing important aspects of character creation and development, I included tips and traps, and hyperlinks to outside sources. However, the "Exercises and Questionnaires" section is the main feature of the website. I have always found filling out quizzes and questions from the perspective of my characters to be helpful in fleshing out their personalities, and I was constantly searching for resources to help me to do this. I decided to create my own questionnaires, worksheets, and prompts. These range from self-perception to voice, memories to social life, and from dialogue exercises to backstory questionnaires. I refer back to my own site to help guide me in my quest to make realistic, adaptable, fully-realized characters, and I often use my own exercises to improve upon them.