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Ava – Character Profile

Ava Jeanne Wells

Character Name: Ava

Full Name: Ava Jeanne Wells

Nick Names: A (only used by Lily)

Gender: Female

Age: 35

Birthday/year: November 2, 1977

Marital Status: Married, but had bi-sexual tendencies. Five years after being married, she decided she was only lesbian but remained in her marriage.

Spouse: Carson James Wells

Children: Sarah Marie Wells – 16

Hair: Light brown with deep waves which hangs below her shoulders.

Eyes: Light brown.

Origin: Born in Las Vegas, but moved to a small city in Oklahoma when she was three and grew up there. She married her high school sweetheart after graduation.

Language: English.

Blood Type: O

Height: 5″5

Weight/Body Structure/Physical Faults: 103 pounds. She’s thin, but has “something to hold on to.” The little fat she has on her body went directly to the right places.

Race/Species: Caucasian.

Parents/Elders/Guardians: Raised by two loving parents. She tries to have dinner with them at least twice a month.

Siblings: One sister who teaches English in Korea.

Friends/Allies: The whole world is her friend. When you meet her, you love her.

Enemies: Her husband.

Beliefs/Religion: None. She doesn’t take the time to consider it.

Career/Past Careers: Stay at home wife and mother. She is also a socialite. 

Dreams/Life Goals: She feels trapped in her marriage. She wants to raise her daughter and then leave her husband for a female companion. However, each time she considers leaving her husband, she realizes she really just wants their relationship to be more loving. If it were, she could be happy living with a man for the rest of her life.

Hobbies: Volunteering for different causes.

Likes: A good laugh and to take care of people.

Loves: To host parties.

Dislikes: Dishonesty.

Loathes: Anyone who is not kind to other human beings.

Fears: Although she knows her husband won’t really kill her if people found out she was a lesbian, she does fear what he would do.

Strengths: She’s great at organizing parties and making everyone feel welcome.

Weakness: She doesn’t know how to communicate serious issues. Her true wants and needs are constantly put into the background.

Good Qualities: She is kind and she is always ready with a smile.

Bad Habits: Instead of dealing with issues, she tends to turn everything into a joke.

Turn Ons: Being open. Willing to have fun. Socialites.

Turn Offs: Mean people. Introverts. People who don’t open up.

Temperament: Ava is sweet without having to be innocent. She’s playful and although things do get to her at times, she can laugh over anything.

Background: She’s a small town girl and wouldn’t have it any other way. She loved growing up in a city where everyone did not know your name, but could find it out using the five degrees of separation rule. There is room for both feeling as if everyone in the city is bounded together and yet, a pleasant surprise or two could still pop up. Growing up, her family always ate dinner at 6:30 together without fail. Saturday her father took her and her sister somewhere-even if only for an hour-for a chance to bond. Sundays the whole family bounded via picnics, cleaning the house together, a bike ride, and any other wholesome family activity there was to do. She loved her childhood and wouldn’t change a thing. She married Dominic right out of high school at age 18 and she had their daughter at age 19.  She always had bi-sexual tendencies, but did not act on them until after she was married. She became drunk for the first and last time at one of her parties and had a romantic experience with a lady passing through. She told her husband and they have been on the rocks ever since. He considered her a lesbian before she did herself. He started having multiple affairs and becoming both distant and demanding. She only had the one female lover, but he believes she does so constantly and she lets him.

4 comments on “Ava – Character Profile

  1. Novel Girl
    May 26, 2012

    These character profiles are really in-depth! I’ve been meaning to do something this detailed for my next novel. I mean, you’ve got everything from features to turn ons/offs. Great stuff to get to know characters.

  2. Jane Doe
    May 27, 2012

    Thank you, Novel Girl. I don’t do it as often as I should, but it does really help. Even if some of the information never hits the page, it forces me to really think about who my character is as a person and why. Which keeps them from being superficial & helps me stay true to who they are within the story & make it more believable. Feel free to copy the outline. ^.^

    • Novel Girl
      May 28, 2012

      All the authors who rave about doing character profiles before they begin a novel say how they don’t use 90% of the info but it helps THEM know the character, thus allowing them to write a more quirky, unique, realistic character than they could have without it.

      Thanks. :))

      • Jane Doe
        May 28, 2012

        Exactly! =) Plus, it also helps with the plot & sub-plots. Really! The more rounded the main & supporting characters are the more they can tribute more to the storyline.

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