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DEVELOPING SYMPATHY FOR CHARACTERS, PART 2

Here are some other common tools that are used to generate reader/audience sympathy for characters, especially protagonists and antagonists. They care for somebody. The character is taking care of someone, perhaps an elderly parent, a sick spouse, a child. Even a pet will do the trick. This shows us the character is capable of emotions we can get behind: selflessness, empathy, love. This is why we will often see the tired trope of the character doing X in order to get money for an operation for their sick child/parent/etc. We’re willing to excuse almost any X behavior because we understand...

Planning For Ultimate Success As A Screenwriter

Planning for ultimate success as a screenwriter is not unlike planning a heist, or an escape from prison. It requires tremendous patience, attention to detail and careful plotting. In THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, Edmond Dantes spends fourteen years in prison. Eight of those years are with the Abbe Faria, learning language, culture, math, chemistry, medicine and science. Dantes emerges from the Chateau d’If armed with the tools he needs to enact his revenge. Planning for success in screenwriting is not dissimilar. It’s the long game, and this has never been truer than today, in the age of the coronavirus....

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