by Trevor Mayes | Nov 14, 2009 | Characters |
At contexts.org, Jeff Brunner has provided this biting analysis on the “evolution” of Disney’s princesses. Are the female characters in your script living in the past too? Make sure you take those negative character clichés and turn them into...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 9, 2009 | Characters, My Experiences |
In Respecting The Antagonist: Part 1, I covered the basics of the Antagonist and his function in a screenplay — as discussed in Bill Boyle’s speech at the Alameda Writer’s Group over the weekend. In Part 2 today, I’ll be paraphrasing the parts...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 8, 2009 | Characters, My Experiences |
Today I went to the Alameda’s Writer’s Group’s monthly open meeting in Los Angeles, where I took in a great speech that Bill Boyle was giving called: “Respecting The Antagonist.” In this first half of a two-part article, I thought...
by Trevor Mayes | Nov 6, 2009 | Characters, Dialogue, Scenes, Style |
There’s an old adage in screenwriting — show, don’t tell. If there’s a key character trait, event, or setting that the audience needs to know about, provide that information visually. Why? Humans are visual — we learn things more quickly...
by Trevor Mayes | Oct 31, 2009 | Characters |
One of the most common problems I encounter in scripts is the passive protagonist. If you’re writing a mainstream Hollywood movie, you need to make sure your protagonist is active. What does it mean to have an “active” protagonist? Robert McKee...
