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Imagining your history characters

PART 2 - CHARACTER CONSTRUCTION Imagine how worried we would be for a protagonist who decides that the Path he is traveling is very dangerous and hides to let things be solved alone. Or how much we would worry about the repentant gunman who hangs up his revolvers and swears he will not use them again, but at the first sign of trouble, he puts on his guns and reassumes his old behavior. It is the fight of the character, man or woman, full virtues and defects, which catches the audience and makes you worry about the development of the story. Multimedia Production Handbook In the movies, the protagonist almost always has the main role, the most interesting, and is the character that is most on screen, for the simple reason that it is the destiny of that person that we are following. Writers often name their films with the name of the protagonist: Erin Brockovich, Donnie Brasco, Michael Collins, Citizen Kane, Ninotchka, Tootsie - the list is endless. From time to time...

Characters construction in writing

CHARACTER CONSTRUCTION IN WRITING This does not mean that all the characters should be nice or very admirable, Don Corleone in "The Godfather" and Sidney Falco in "The Sweet Smell of Success" are neither admirable nor pleasant but antiheroes; however, you can tell an exciting story about them. A despicable character, but with a slight chance of salvation, can be as easily a protagonist as a fun and admirable character. In the same way, a sympathetic character must have its undesirable side if you want to create tension in the audience about whether he or she will be able to do what they have to do to reach their goal. Multimedia Production Handbook You can follow us on Instagram as @ Promonet_Publishing to know every promotion! It should be noted that our interest in whether the protagonist reaches his goal is proportional to the interest of that character to reach his goal. The more intense is her or his desire, the greater our concern...