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…
The personality core, however, is much more complex and will fill up a large portion of the body of the character…
Once you have completed the general context of your character—knowing culture, location, time period and occupation—you must now begin to explore…
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…
Once you have the initial idea for a character, the process of developing that character into a complex, real personality begins, and…
Every good story is about an interesting somebody (character), who wants something badly (want) and is having trouble getting it…
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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Before You Begin Once you examine the Write What You Live, Learn, and Love trifecta, it’s important to be conscious of three…