Developing Characters for Script Writing

This work deals with the creation and writing of characters for the script media of stage, radio and screen. Citing numerous examples, chapters address the character's roots, complexity, relationship with plot, and audience identification.

Acknowledgements

vi

Introduction

1

(6)

Part 1: Notes for Creation of a Character

Roots of a Character

7

(5)

Birth Marks

12

(7)

Learning through Experience

19

(8)

The Character Now

27

(28)

Part 2: Character within Script

Character Motivation and the Plot

55

(23)

The Emotional Journey

78

(17)

The Emotional Journey, Case Study: When Harry Met Sally

95

(17)

Description and Self-Description

112

(12)

Heroes and Villains

124

(9)

Secondary and Minor Characters

133

(6)

The Comic Character

139

(6)

Leaving your Characters

145

(2)

Index

147

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