character design

S33E5 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Character Abilities

I think the hardest part of writing anything is getting exposition out easily, without hitting people over the head with it. – Jillian Bell

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S27E5 – How Do I Write Morally Gray Characters?

Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you’ll only play central characters in movies, you’ll find yourself not being able to indulge in that morally gray terrain that makes support characters so rich and interesting. – Joel Edgerton

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S22E7 – Fog and Flame: Character Development

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. – Stephen King

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S18E3 – Time for a Casting Change

My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many. – J.R.R. Tolkien

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S14E8 – Artists with Travis Micheal

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. – Hector Berlioz

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S13E9 – All Characters Feel the Same

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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S10E8 – Character Archetypes

The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit… archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character. – Kristan Higgins

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S10E7 – Developing Character Strengths

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. – Joss Whedon

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