“Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well as her vulnerabilities, her secrets, and especially her contradictions. This development needs to be forged in scenes, the better to employ your intuition rather than your intellect.” NeedsWellsCharacterDesireDealsSecretFocusCreationDevelopmentSceneDepthIntuitionIntellectGenuineDevelopingVulnerabilityContradictionFrustrationForged Author:David Corbett
“Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.” CharacterStoriesEventsCreationConstantBack And ForthInner LifeExteriorCharacterization Book:The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV Source: The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV
“An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.” MomentsCharacterJoyCreationEmotionalRegretPrideSceneShameProfoundOverwhelmingExploringIntuitiveImports Author:David Corbett
