Or you could check out the [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/82934-verthaven-a-bloody-paradise-completed/ic]old thread[/url]... 

Worth noting: Several of the players had multiple characters, so due to the high amount of interactions between them, their shit can be quite long. However! That is not necessarily the standard, even though it was common. 

I wouldn't be too worried about it. Write what you feel is relevant to the character and to the story you're trying to develop for him/her. Plot will happen anyway, so you don't really have to jump into it headfirst, unless you just want to.