Character Quirks: Physical

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Nervous Habits

• Fiddles with hair
• Clenches fists
• Repeatedly taps/cracks fingers/hands/feet
• Bites fingers/lips
• Paces when thinking/speaking on the phone
• Avoids eye contact
• Chews straws
• Constantly adjusting glasses/clothes
• Picks skin
• Sneezes constantly when anxious

Mindless/Typical Habits

• Walks on tiptoes
• Eats food in a certain order
• Changes socks multiple times per day
• Hand writing shifts between cursive and normal
• Draws the same picture on every piece of paper they
  find
• Speaks about themselves in third person
• Always gets lost, even with directions
• Always corrects other’s grammar
• Squints to see everything—even if they can
• Never uses contractions when speaking (e.g. “I cannot
  do that” instead of “I can’t”)

Happy Habits

• Laughs at their own joke
• Speaks so quickly they jumble/forget words
• Sings the last part/word of a sentence
• Is always mindlessly whistling a children’s song
• Has a bouncy walk
• Only dresses like characters from TV/movies
• Hugs anyone and everyone
• Has brightly colored hair
• Is easily impressed
• Narrates everything that is currently happening