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WEEK 2 DAY 1: WHAT I LEARNED REWRITING MY SCENE/CHARACTER
You’ve watched today’s scene and read the group’s insights. Then you rewrote a scene/character using those insights.
Tell us what you learned by taking those steps!
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Magnus’s student needs a re-boot of his traits and opportunities to explore his being right for the new role.
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I have delved into David’s traits and realized I need to dive deep for this one and even do some more research. This character is complex and maniacal, I have been making notes for different scenes that pop in my head and I have to keep answering the questions; why and how. The when is throughout and for an episodic, I will need to answer these questions for all my main characters. But I have to say, I like that I have at least made the effort to interview my two main characters and ask some questions. Now I need a more in depth character break down to really make them pop and be who I have imagined them to be.
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Expressions done well are just a valid as dialog per Annie. It was if she was on the phone.
My story has a female hero, divorced, daughter. She is being courted by a billionaire who takes her on an exotic date trying to prove himself. If this was a rom-com, the billionaire is the mulligan, the ex-husband is the hero, wife is the love interest.
I will add his attempt to prove himself as a worthy father with his dialog. She agrees all along. After he drops her off, she calls her ex-husband to thank him for being a great father – showing she still loves him. I don’t see why I can’t use the romantic comedy relationship in a thriller.
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What I learned rewriting my scene/character?
I learned that I could
show the differences between my love interests without them being in the same
scene. Similarly, I can show the aspects of their traits, personalities and temperaments
that would make them compatible and serve the vision of the romance between them.
This creates a “love suspense” where the audience anticipates the meeting of
the two romantic leads.
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