Compelling Characters and Ugly Babies: Screenplay Techniques Adapted For the Novel

It’s kind of funny* that we’ve spent the last three sessions on structure and are just now getting to characters even though characters are the most important aspect of a story. They are not only the proxy through which your audience experiences that wonderful plot you’ve planned out, but also the living, breathing soul of your story.I am well aware that the actual importance of characters is debatable, as any summer blockbuster will demonstrate. But such blockbusters can get away with a dear...