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Creating Unforgettable Characters: A Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series, Advertisements, Novels & Short Stories
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Characterization is the sum of all observable qualities of a human being,
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Characterization: All observable traits and outer behaviors—the composite of age, gender, race, speech and gestures, job and home, dress and fashion, attitudes and personality—
Robert McKee • Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen
that character must also have purpose, depth, personality, flaws, goals, and backstory.
Carson Reeves • Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
Character, then, is the engine of plot, and over the years I’ve come at the creation of characters from a few different angles: (1) basing them on an idea or principle; (2) drawing them from real people, specific individuals (or several) as my model for a character; (3) basing them on myself; and (4) basing them on the biography of a historical fig
... See moreCharles Johnson • The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling
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