1. Have a whimsical hook in the first paragraph.
2. Have a speculation on this person’s future (optional)
3. Physical description
4. Describe a day in the life/work, their plans for their next phase of life.
5. Interview people that are around the main subject.
6. Emotional intelligence and thought processes are shown without filter/editorializing.
7. Insight into the subject is always appropriate, no matter what part of the profile you’re on. Detailing perspectives, elaborating on how they view and do things. Can be derived from seeing patterns in the data about a subject.