Character Creation
I have started writing my second Screen Play, this time around, I realized I love to create characters. As I was deciding on names for my characters, I thought of it as naming a baby. In a sense, when a writer creates a character, it's like giving birth.
Writers decide on the name, the description, the personality and mold the character into what we want them to become. We make sure that our character has something that they have to over come, something that triggers the growth through out the story line.
In the beginning of a story line, a character may live in fear and by the end, they become fearless. We decide if our characters are going to be a villain or a hero, or maybe the villain that becomes the hero. Writers develop how each character, will interact with the other characters in a story line.
I did my research on character development, with my first Screen Play. As I created each character, I never understood the growth and development concept, until I was finished writing my script. Each of my characters personalities grew from Act 1 to Act 3.
Characters need to be strong, yet they need to have flaws. There has to be a challenge for them to face and over come. Each character needs to have it's own personality, it's own purpose for a story line. I create my characters on paper and write out all the traits, the flaws and develop the personality.
While I was working on developing my lead character for my second Script, I started thinking about people in general, each of us as a person, we are all characters in life. We can decide how we mold ourselves, to become the character that we decide that we want to be.
We all have roles in life and how we decide to mold our own character, determines how our story line throughout our lives will be played out. We all have our own personalities and purpose in life. If you took out a piece of paper and wrote your own traits down, what would you change about your own character?
What kind of role do you want to play, for the rest of your life? How can you make your own character grow and over come something. I challenge you to take out a piece of paper and write it all down. This is a concept that I am using in my own life, not just to master my craft of writing, to determine how I can grow as a person, by building my own character.
Everyone Have A Great Week and Happy Spring!
Bobbie
XoXoXo
Writers decide on the name, the description, the personality and mold the character into what we want them to become. We make sure that our character has something that they have to over come, something that triggers the growth through out the story line.
In the beginning of a story line, a character may live in fear and by the end, they become fearless. We decide if our characters are going to be a villain or a hero, or maybe the villain that becomes the hero. Writers develop how each character, will interact with the other characters in a story line.
I did my research on character development, with my first Screen Play. As I created each character, I never understood the growth and development concept, until I was finished writing my script. Each of my characters personalities grew from Act 1 to Act 3.
Characters need to be strong, yet they need to have flaws. There has to be a challenge for them to face and over come. Each character needs to have it's own personality, it's own purpose for a story line. I create my characters on paper and write out all the traits, the flaws and develop the personality.
While I was working on developing my lead character for my second Script, I started thinking about people in general, each of us as a person, we are all characters in life. We can decide how we mold ourselves, to become the character that we decide that we want to be.
We all have roles in life and how we decide to mold our own character, determines how our story line throughout our lives will be played out. We all have our own personalities and purpose in life. If you took out a piece of paper and wrote your own traits down, what would you change about your own character?
What kind of role do you want to play, for the rest of your life? How can you make your own character grow and over come something. I challenge you to take out a piece of paper and write it all down. This is a concept that I am using in my own life, not just to master my craft of writing, to determine how I can grow as a person, by building my own character.
Everyone Have A Great Week and Happy Spring!
Bobbie
XoXoXo
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