Character profiles can be lifesaving when you are trying to determine how your character would react to a certain situation. Keeping your character consistent throughout your story and even planning out their character arcs ahead of time can help you in plotting your story. Perhaps you don’t want an event that changes your character to happen too soon. Maybe you need them to make a slow transition. Having your character profile in front of you when you are writing can help you decide which events in the story will have a bigger impact.
I have created character profiles in one document or sometimes I have separate documents for individual characters. I list personality traits, looks, clothing, and even quirks that a character may have. Everything that is individual to that character is placed in this file.
