Character Map Worksheet

Character Map™ Worksheet
Using the Emotional Toolbox

By Laurie H. Hutzler

Using the Character Map Worksheet

Print this page and Log your answers from the Character Map Questions Worksheet on the diamond-shaped diagram above. Click Here to go to the Questions Worksheet.

Please Note: Click on any of the words in the above diagram to learn more about that particular question, term or point on the diamond-shaped Character Map.

Tips for the Mapping Process

The key is to edit your answers and use words that are as clear and specific as possible. For example if you answered: “Death” or “Dying” to Question Number Two: “What was your greatest childhood fear?” Ask yourself, what did death or dying mean to you as a child?.

What does your response mean? Was the fear of dying a fear of being overwhelmed by a (supernatural) force? Did it mean lurking evil waiting out there ready to snatch you? Did it mean being alone and cut off from anyone else’s help or support? Did it mean being separated from loved ones who needed or couldn’t get along without you? Did it mean missing out on all the good things and fun that would happen when you were gone? Death means very different things to different people. Try to be as specific as possible about what “death” meant to you as a child.

Remember, like all good writing, this is a process. I’ve worked with many writers who have created four or five versions of their Character Map. Every time they answer the questions they hone their choice of words and create a sharper, clearer more precise definition of their responses. If you want to review the questions, Click Here to go back to the Character Map Questions Worksheet.

Are ready to move forward and map your answers? If so please Click Here for a step-by-step Guide to the Mapping Process. This will help you map strengths, weaknesses and the potential for change and transformation. The information icons i provide tips and explain how to transfer your answers onto the diagram most effectively. Then we’ll look at your responses as if you were a character in a screenplay and show you how to build a story from your Character Map information.

Click Here to go on to the Next Step.

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Laurie Hutzler’s Emotional Toolbox approach incorporates many of the same materials Laurie uses in her popular courses at the famed UCLA film school. It’s the same method Laurie uses in her own work and in all of her international consulting.

The Emotional Toolbox makes intuitive sense—it’s based on universal truths we all know and understand instinctively. Learn to use these principals consciously to make informed creative choices. The Emotional Toolbox is easy to use, and most importantly, it works.

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