Hi, Everyone. My latest screenwriting blog is up if you want to take a look. In this one, I offer some controversial advice: "You need to write one-dimensional characters." Three Common Character Mistakes Hope all are well, Doug
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How would you define the "3 dimensions" of a character? Lajos Egri defined it as social/physiological/psychological. Other authors define it as backstory/surface/action or simply as conflicting emotions or public/personal/privat. Finally, the one dimension (or trait) that stands out sounds pretty much like the critical flaw, the one character issue the protagonist has to solve to win the final fight, right?
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I like your Blog, Doug. It's giving me some fresh insights into "Pitching" and definitely going into unexpected territory of having a character with too many dimensions. Thanks
Re: defining the 3 dimensions, I prefer to think in terms of surprises. You set up a dominant trait first, you set it up so it can't be missed, then you surprise the audience with a conflicting trait. I definitely like the way you're connecting the dots between character dimensions and flaws. Good stuff! Thanks, Michael!
Thanks, Stephen!