Some movie character names seep into pop culture. Rocky, Yoda, Forrest Gump, and Shrek are just a few. But what…
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This Sequence Outline is NOT an absolute formula or perfect recipe to building a feature script, but it is something…
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The personality core, however, is much more complex and will fill up a large portion of the body of the character…
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Once you have completed the general context of your character—knowing culture, location, time period and occupation—you must now begin to explore…
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General Context—Stage Two After you explore the first stage of researching the general context of your character—the what you already know stage—it’s…
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Once you have the initial idea for a character, the process of developing that character into a complex, real personality begins, and…
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Every good story is about an interesting somebody (character), who wants something badly (want) and is having trouble getting it…
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Screenplays evolve essentially two ways: plot driven (often called High Concept), when a writer plugs original characters into a tailor-made…
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Real life is full of characters, and no matter how ordinary a person may seem, he or she still has…
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Before You Begin Once you examine the Write What You Live, Learn, and Love trifecta, it’s important to be conscious of three…
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