User blog comment:Vinnnn/Character Critiques, Tips, and Hints/@comment-26461452-20150529072538/@comment-33209858-20150529081749

Well, if you want to expand more on characters, I'd suggest starting with their personalities first. What I like to do, is choose a few traits and then expand on them.

For example, when I started with Minuette, I pictured her as being very excitable. So I also made her naive, flighty, childish, and fun-loving - They all fit her personality of being "exciteable". So, to make it simple, just start with a list and then expand on the list by writing sentences about your character and that trait.

If you need help with finding a good balance of positive and negative traits, try looking here!

As for expanding characters with character development, I'd say try looking up some character development tips and sheets. There's a really good list of sheets and whatnot right here. And here's a really good one that I've used in the past - It's very detailed and it really gets you thinking about who your character really is. I mean, there's questions like "how do they walk" and "what is their ambition", and it really helps you to start thinking about your character in detail, and thus expand on them more~