We’ll begin not by focusing on your main character but by looking at all your characters together as part of an interconnected web. We’ll distinguish them by comparing each to the others according to story function and archetype. 2. Next we’ll individualize each character based on theme and opposition. 3. Then we’ll concentrate on the hero, “building” him step-by-step so that we end up with a multilayered, complex person that the audience cares about. 4. We’ll create the opponent in detail, since this is the most important character after your hero and, in many ways, is the key to defining
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