Posts tagged: characters

Get characters dumped. While you'd sit in your pants all day, crying into a tub of budget ice cream and violently agreeing with everything that Jeremy Kyle has to say, fictional protagonists have a different take. You only see misery, but they see potential for greatness.

The Guardian, Newspaper 30/9/10

10/2/10, 2:15pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-Fy19C61i FILED UNDER: #social network  #facebook  #characters  #romance  #character  #obstacle  #setup  #inciting incident  Bookmark and Share
Actors prefer a part called 'Jack 'Hammer' McTavish' than 'Fat Bloke' or 'Idiot Who Falls Over And Shits His Pants'. Name those minor characters.

James Moran

7/12/10, 5:43pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-FylrYwk FILED UNDER: #Actors  #bait  #characters  #parts  #names  Bookmark and Share
A good name not only helps to create an emotional connection with the character, it gives the audience a greater insight into the meaning of the character's relationship with his world. And even in the case of not giving a character a name, such as Cat, this decision still acts to tell us something important about the protagonist.

Mina Zaher, Writer

7/1/10, 9:49pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPK-FyjEpNB FILED UNDER: #names  #characters  #meaning  #themes  #voice  #choices  Bookmark and Share