Don't start your character off with a name or a physical description.
Do start developing your character by giving him a problem, a dramatic need, a compulsion.
Don't rely on crutches.
Do empathize with your character.
Don't sympathize with your characters.
Finally, do write from your own life.
Choose a gender.
Choose a place of birth.
Choose a hobby.
Choose a past job.
Choose a present job.
Choose a past love interest.
Choose an enemy.
Choose a pet.
Why is your character not working at the old job?
Why is your character not with the old love interest?
Why does your character not make the hobby a profession?
How did your character make the enemy?
How did the pet once save the character's life?
What is the one thing in the world your character would do anything to avoid? Why? What has he already done to avoid this? What do you see him doing in the future to avoid it?
What is the one thing in the world your character would do anything in the world to have? Why? What has he already done to try to obtain it? What does he hope to try in the future?
What is your character's name? What is your character's age, and physical description.
Write everything else you know about your character, right now.
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ScriptWriting
Non-FictionAnything and everything I found useful from my Scriptwriting class. From learning how to analyze movies and how they and how they are set up, to learning how to write an actual script
