Getting to know Juliana

Okay, I need to do character sheets for each of my main characters. Here's what I have so far for Juliana....... I'm still working on it. Very detailed form.


Part 1: The Basics
1. What is your full name? Juliana Alexis Faye

2. Where and when were you born? Born Manchester NH July 12, 1973

3. Who are/were your parents? (Know their names, occupations, personalities, etc.) Lloyd Faye, insurance salesman, strict, not very warm to his family. Dolores Faye, housewife, closest to Juliana. Trusts her that she wasn’t the cause of the accident, but respects her decision to not be apart of the family.

4. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like? Emily Katherine Faye, younger by 5 years. Typical teen gir growing up, cheerleader, popular. Went to college in NY and became a restaurant manager. Not much in Juliana’s life since Juliana doesn’t keep in touch much with her family, except her mother.

5. Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place and the person/people. Juliana has just moved back to Quail Ridge to open up a youth center. She is making her home in the top floor of the mill that will house the center. She lives alone.
6. What is your occupation? Juliana is an award winning photojournalist.

7. Write a full physical description of yourself. You might want to consider factors such as: height, weight, race, hair and eye color, style of dress, and any tattoos, scars, or distinguishing marks. Juliana is five foot seven, one hundred and fifty pounds, dark blonde hair, straight and shoulder length that she usually wears in a pony tail. She doesn’t wear makeup, her eyes are pale blue. She dresses in comfortable pants, usually baggy, with baggy shirts. Doesn’t care about style, just comfort. She’s pretty, though she doesn’t flaunt it. She has a scar on her face, from her cheekbone to her ear and another down from her ear to her jaw that she received in the accident. She also has scars on her legs and her torso from the accident. She’s very subconscious about the scars.

8. To which social class do you belong? She is middle class growing up. She has enough money to make her upper class, but it doesn’t matter to her.

9. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses? none

10. Are you right- or left-handed? right

11. What does your voice sound like? Non descript. Not high, but not low, smooth.

Part 2: Growing Up

15. How would you describe your childhood in general? Happy, normal childhood. Liked having good friends. Liked adventure.

17. How much schooling have you had? Was in her senior year in high school when the accident happened, but earned her GED, then when she got out of prison she put herself through school and got a bachelors degree.

18. Did you enjoy school? Yes, but more of a social thing, not so much the classes. She didn’t really learn to like the academics until she went to college.

19. Where did you learn most of your skills and other abilities? In college and afterwards

21. While growing up, how did you get along with the other members of your family? Typical relationship with sister, love hate etc. was closest to mother, not so much with her father

22. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Actress or paleontologist

23. As a child, what were your favorite activities? Swimming, riding bike, playing out in the woods making forts

25. As a child, were you popular? Who were your friends, and what were they like? Pretty popular. It was a rural neighborhood so there were only a few kids she hung around until she got older and then she hung out with the crowd who weren’t jocks or brains, but were just a little on the edgy side.

26. When and with whom was your first kiss? First kiss was with a boy named Brian Coffman when she was 12 and they were playing spin the bottle. First REAL kiss was with Eddie Burgess when she was sixteen.

27. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity? Lost virginity with Eddie when she was seventeen.


Part 3: Past Influences

29. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far? The most life altering event was the accident that killed Eddie and Kayla and landed her first in the hospital and then prison.

30. Who has had the most influence on you? A woman in prison named Penny Larkin. She was an older woman who had been in prison for ten years. She took Juliana under her wing and was like a mother figure. Penny had two kids of her own. When she got out of prison she convinced Juliana not to let the time she was behind bars to ruin her, that she had a bright future in front of her and to take advantage of it and make her life a success.

31. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Landing a job that allowed her to travel the world as a photojournalist. She went into many dangerous situations to get good human interest stories. It got her a lot of fame.

32. What is your greatest regret? The accident when she was eighteen. Not being in more control of the situation that took two lives. And not standing up more to Ricky who wanted to see her pay for Kayla’s death.

34. Do you have a criminal record of any kind? Went to prison for negligent homicide of her boyfriend and best friend.

35. When was the time you were the most frightened? Her first day in prison

37. If you could change one thing from your past, what would it be, and why? She never would’ve driven Eddie and the others when they were in the condition they were in.

38. What is your best memory? Leaving prison after serving her sentence, winning her first award as a photojournalist and the opening of the youth center.

39. What is your worst memory? The car accident, finding out that she lost the baby and when she was sentenced to prison.

Part 4: Beliefs And Opinions

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic? Cautiously optimistic

41. What is your greatest fear? Losing another loved one

42. What are your religious views? None really

44. What are your views on sex? She doesn’t have sex lightly. She was in love with Eddie (as much as a 17-18 year old can be in love) and hasn’t been with anyone since. Well….. maybe her boss, tried it and it didn’t work and they decided to stick to being friends. She doesn’t plan on getting involved with anyone else.

45. Are you able to kill? Under what circumstances do you find killing to be acceptable or unacceptable? Not at all, not after losing 3 lives in one horrible moment.

47. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love? No. she’s very cynical.

48. What do you believe makes a successful life? Hard work, keeping your eye on the prize

49. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings (i.e. do you hide your true self from others, and in what way)? She doesn’t like discussing the accident or her time in prison with anyone. Doesn’t want anyone to know about the pain she’s gone through.