by Writing Workshops Org Admin
5 years ago
Marcel Proust Character Questionnaire
French author Marcel Proust invented this questionnaire to get closer to his characters. If you want to discover who your characters are try to answer all or some of the questions below. Consider it an interview between you and your character(s):
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is your current state of mind?
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What is your favorite occupation?
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What is your most treasured possession?
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What or who is the greatest love of your life?
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What is your favorite journey?
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What is your most marked characteristic?
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When and where were you the happiest?
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What is it that you most dislike?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What is your greatest extravagance?
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Which living person do you most despise?
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What is your greatest regret?
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Which talent would you most like to have?
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Where would you like to live?
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
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What is the quality you most like in a man?
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What is the quality you most like in a woman?
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What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What do you most value in your friends?
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Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
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Whose are your heroes in real life?
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Which living person do you most admire?
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What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
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On what occasions do you lie?
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Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What are your favorite names?
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How would you like to die?
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If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
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What is your motto?
You can bring your characters to life with deadlines and warm readers in one of our writing workshops (In-Person or Online).
