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Intel - Intelligence Fictional Character Profiling

"In God we trust.
All others we monitor."

• As we learnt from the Sept. 11th attacks, much of the scenarios and results of such attacks came from fiction, especially works from Tom Clancy like Debt of Honor and Executive Orders. This prompted the USA government to review and utilize fiction from sources such as books, films and television programs, etc. They also approached scriptwriters and book authors to provide regular inputs into future possibilities attacks.
• Authors and scriptwriters really need to have a very full profile of their characters and there environments to write a book or script. They have to know them so well, as to make them seem very real to the reader or viewer. Below is an example of some character profiles categories and elements.
• These are an integration from:
  Fiction Writer's Character Chart: http://www.eclectics.com/articles/character.html 
  Schaum’s Quick Guide to Writing Great Short Stories: Margaret Lucke, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
  Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively. Rebecca McMlanahan, Writers Digest, 1999. 

• Date this chart was completed:
• Character's Full Name, Reason or Meaning of Name, Nickname, Reason for Nickname, Birth Date.

• Physical Age, Mental Age, Appearance Age, Eye Colour, Glasses, Shape, Contacts, Weight, Height, Build, Skin
  Type, Skin Colour, Face Shape, Hair Colour Natural Dyed, Hair Length, Type of Hair, Overall Appearance,
  Physical Disabilities, Mental Disabilities, General Health, Medical Conditions, Predominant Features.

• Colour, Music, Author, Art, Plays Books, Restraints, Food, Transport, Clothes.

• Tobacco, Alcohol, Sex, Cleaning, Hobbies, Sports.

• Born, Type of Childhood, First Memory, Education, Religion, Finances.

• Mother, Father, Brothers, Sisters, Children of Siblings, Extended Family.

• Attitude, Personality, Traits, Self-perception, Interrelation with Others, Goals, Problems/Crisis’s, General,
  Uncategorized, etc 

• Of course, there are many other sources of fictional character reference materials. These profiles can also be integrated with real persons’ profiles such as dating services like RSVP, Just Good Friends, and Lava Life.
• Another source of material that can contribute to developing a checklist of profiling characteristics to use is the psychometric tests like IQ, Emotional Intelligence, Myers Briggs, Strength Deployment Inventory, and other types of personality tests. These also include good listings of the characteristics for developing a wish list for profiles to describe suspects, etc.