Screenwriting : Great New Article: Follow Your Character’s Want by Jess Hinds

Follow Your Character’s Want By Jacob Krueger If you’ve been following the advice of this article series, by this point a lot of things are probably be getting much clearer in your revision. Which means it’s probably time to start thinking about structure. Oftentimes, in early drafts, we’re so concerned with what happens in our story (the plot) that we end up with stories that drive our characters, rather than characters that drive our stories. The problem is that plot, on its own, is never interesting. Check out the synopsis of your favorite movie on IMDB.com and you’ll see what I mean. When boiled down to “what happens,” even a masterpiece like The Godfather becomes deadly boring. People go to movies seeking an emotional experience. And delivering those emotions begins with delivering a character people can care about, root for, laugh or cry over. That doesn't mean that your character has to be “likeable” (remember how we all rooted for Walter White in Breaking Bad). But it does mean that they have to be more than just an empty vessel hurled downriver by the rapidly flowing waters of your plot. Read the rest of the article here - http://www.writeyourscreenplay.com/2014/11/20/follow-characters-want/