Hey again, As my title suggests I want to talk about character development. I feel that it is my weakest point at the moment, even though strong characters are what I value the most in stories. Therefore it would be greatly educative to read how you fine people approach the matter. I feel that I got...
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Characters are what they do, what they say, and how the react and interact with the world around them -- that informs the viewer with everything they need to know but wanting more (as long as you don't do a dump all at once).
A professor of mine once wanted us to write the characters bio from birth to the moment the story starts but I always thought that was a bit much. My advice would be to just spend a lot of time with y...
Expand commentA professor of mine once wanted us to write the characters bio from birth to the moment the story starts but I always thought that was a bit much. My advice would be to just spend a lot of time with your character to find out what makes them tick. When did they start to come in to their own, what's the second most significant event in their lives (assuming your story is about to be the number one significant event), things like that. This year I found that writing is asking questions.
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This post is from eight years ago, but the challenge remains eternal.
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One day I will run into an old post here from years ago and argue with myself.
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Character and Story are connected and can not be pulled apart. So if you have a story, you also have your lead character.
Though this comes at it from the Character side, it illustrates the connectio...
Expand commentCharacter and Story are connected and can not be pulled apart. So if you have a story, you also have your lead character.
Though this comes at it from the Character side, it illustrates the connection, so that you can easily start from your story and find the character.
http://www.scriptsecrets.net/tips/tip166.htm
One of the things that you need to think about is how everything you write is autobiographical whether you know it or not - so it's better to know it and use that knowledge. Which means acknowledging and using your flaws as part of the story. That makes the story personal and emotional.
There's a quote that is attributed to at least a dozen writers that writing is easy: you just open a vein and bleed on the page.