Articles related to "Character Motivation"

All characters have needs, but there are deeper motivations than the ones that drive the surface plot. Your character may not recognize them, but you need to.

To keep readers turning pages, the people in the book need to be vibrant and interesting. Try this interview technique to dig deeper into story character motivation.

Iago is undoubtedly one of Shakespeare's greatest villains, but what is it that makes him so intriguing?

Fiction writers looking for unique ways to understand their characters should try an interview. It's a fun and creative technique to develop character back stories.

The Bad Boy archetype can be a villain or a hero depending on the character's role in the story.

The heroes of fiction are at their best when pitted against strong, resourceful and dedicated forces of darkness. Coax your inner bad guy onto the page!

The free spirit archetype is a quirky, talkative, charming, and unpredictable individual.

The librarian archetype follows the rules and thinks everyone else should.

The waif character archetype is pure and uncorrupted, kind and gentle, and easily becomes the target of those who would take advantage of her.

The Warrior is a fundamental literary archetype who protects and defends against all foes, operating on the premise that strength and power overcome any injustice.

Many stories are interesting and provide depth of character. However, some are simply not written to where they could be easily, or practically, put into another medium.

Five items to improve your sex scenes include tying scene to emotion, writing metaphorically, focusing on foreplay, not giving away the store, and using sensual language.

Takeshi Kitano leaves his signature on all of his work, creating films of subtle beauty and violence, that could belong to none but him.

Film actors plus a sophisticated script. Just when you think it's getting predictable, it becomes unexpected. See what I mean in the Korean Drama - Lovers In Prague

Welles' 1958 noir masterpiece Touch of Evil, starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, could well be the supreme representation of the genre.

A look at some effective and useful techniques for redrafting a stage or screenplay.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is Khaled Hosseini's story of Mariam and Laila, wives of a tyrannical man, who live in a time of war and turmoil in the city of Kabul.

Here is a look at two of the best "how to write a play" books for the beginner playwright. These books examine plot structure, character design and idea generation.

Make the middle of the novel ramp up the tension and conflict and set the reader up for the exciting climax.

So much depends on the actor connecting with the role. Screenwriters need to spend plenty of time on character development if they want the film to get made.

Interesting lesson plans are difficult at the end of the school year, but incorporating film creates a positive learning environment and keep students actively engaged.

Flashbacks are mini-trips into the past that provide the reader with needed information and insight into what went on at a point before the novel's beginning.

Here are some ways to know your character more deeply, which might solve plot or story problems as you write your novel.

Have fun with Early Modern English by introducing your students to the puns and insults in Shakespeare's plays.

Six techniques to handle exposition will help you achieve balance in the show and tell part of your narrative and maintain a rhythm in your pace and tone.

Drenched in melancholy and bitterness, Sondheim's lyrics transcend the limits of the stage to the excesses of the big screen in Tim Burton's sumptuous new adaptation.

F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby explores a time of social and political upheaval and depicts one man's desire to recapture his past during the Jazz Age .

Writers need to find ways to give readers the tools to get into the heads of their characters to keep them turning the pages.

From May 15-25, 2008, Inside Out will bringing audiences the best of gay and lesbian cinema in Toronto, Ontario. Here are early reviews of 2 of the films to be screened.

Even in a year in which the most popular and successful films were often among the very best, the past twelve months were no stranger to cinematic pile-ups.

In his blog, The Ant Bully character animator calls the film "a big stinking pile of average corporate mush."

Learn how literature response journals can be powerful tools for helping students of any age improve writing skills and develop reading comprehension.

Perfect Circle Productions' Edison & Leo is a spectacular achievement for stop-motion, but isn't a very good film. 6/10.

See why the critics say the romantic teen comedy Korean drama, Palace (Goong) aka Princess Hours is the future of Korean television.

What is a working class Columbian teenager to do when she is desperate for money? Why, become a drug mule of course.

Greed is good, I'm as mad as hell--iconic lines from movie monologues in Wall Street, Network, Pulp Fiction, Apocalypse Now, Of Human Bondage and Glengarry Glen Ross.

A new two-DVD set from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment pairs what is arguably director Peter Bogdanovich's best film with one of his weaker efforts.

Cobbled together to go around a 2007 writers' strike, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" junks the original's breezy, goofy fun for massive, oppressive military might.

Here are some do's and don'ts to keep in mind when preparing for the singing portion of your upcoming audition.

If the climax of a novel seems off, here are a few common weaknesses that can be fixed.