Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Creating Your Main Character

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Mar 16, 2023
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Your main character is most likely the element of your story you know the most about. But there are crucial aspects to a great main character—elements that can make or break your book or script—that you can deliberately design.

Our main characters are often our entry point into a book or script, because they are always in some way, and usually lots of w…

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