Articles on Building and Understanding Characters:
Creating Characters from Scratch
Characters – The Attributes of Age
Characters vs. Players (Video)
Introducing Characters: First Impressions
Writing from a Character’s Point of View
Conflict Can Limit Your Characters
Love Interests and the Dramatic Triangle
Introduction to Heroes (Video)
Dramatica Class: Main Character vs. Protagonist (Class Transcript)
The Main Character and Obstacle Character
Relationship Between Main & Obstacle Characters
Main Character Resolve – Change or Steadfast?
Main Character: Change or Steadfast? (Part 1) (Video)
Main Character: Change or Steadfast (Part 2) (Video)
The Concept Behind Character Resolve
Change & Steadfast Characters in the Real World
Main Character Growth – Start or Stop?
Character Growth: Start or Stop? (Video)
Start and Stop Characters in the Real World
Direction of Main Character Growth
Main Character Approach – Do-er or Be-er?
Do-er & Be-er Characters (Class Transcript)
Main Character Approach: Do-er or Be-er? (Video)
Writing Your Character’s Mental Sex
Main Character Mental Sex (Video)
Leap of Faith or Creep of Faith?
The 8 Character Archetypes (Part 1) (Video)
The 8 Character Archetypes (Part 2) (Video)
The 8 Character Archetyps (Part 3) (Video)
Protagonist & Antagonist Archetypes (Video)
The Reason and Emotion Archetypes
“Reason” and “Emotion” Archetypes (Video)
Sidekick & Skeptic Archetypes (Video)
Guardian & Contagonist Archetypes
Guardian & Contagonist Archetypes (Video)
Uses of Archetypal Characters (Video)
Archetypes in The Wizard of Oz (Video)
Action & Decision Elements of Character Archetypes
Subjective & Objective Characters (Video)
Writing an Initial Character Synopsis
Introducing Characters in Act One
Writing a Character Description
Character Affiliations and Beliefs
Character Skills and Occupations
Character Interests (Likes and Dislikes)
Writing Characters for Television Series
Character Hand-Offs (Video)
Male vs. Female Problem Solving
Character Relationships – Part 1 (Video)
Character Relationships – Part 2 (Video)
Character Relationships Baselines
Characters’ Changing Emotional Relationships
Character Dimensions (Video)
Archetypal Character Dimensions
Interactions Among Character Dimensions
Writing Characters in Absentia
Main Character Style – Logical or Intuitive?
Characters, Dramatica Style (mp3 audio)
Characters in the Middle of Act Three
Rising Tension in Character Relationships
Matching Character Personalities to Archetypes
Acts and the Obstacle Character’s Influence
Change, Steadfast – Success, Failure
Main Character, Obstacle Character – Problem & Solution
The Contagonist (Class Transcript)
Mental Sex: Male or Female? (Class Transcript)
Main Character: Do-er or Be-er? (Class Transcript)
Change & Steadfast / Start & Stop (Class Transcript)
Does Your Main Character Grow by Starting Something or Stopping Something? (Class Transcript)
Does Your Main Character Change or Remain Steadfast? (Class Transcript)
The Main Character Does Not Have To Be The Progatonist (Class Transcript)
How Male and Female Characters Think
Men Are From Mars; Women Are From Next Tuesday
Is “Objective Character” the Same As “Obstacle Character” ?
“We’re Both Alike, You and I…”
The Main Character is Not Necessarily the Protagonist
Encoding Subjective Characters
Objective & Subjective Characters (Video)
Objective Elements and the Subjective Characters
Character Elements of the Objective Throughline
Archetypes Have Their Place, But….
Story Point: Main Character “Approach”
The Character’s Search for Meaning
Characters’ Internal Paradigms
Main & Obstacle Characters: Change or Steadfast?
Dramatica Class: Main Character vs. Protagonist
Dramatica Class: Character Growth – Start or Stop?
Creating Characters: “My Hero!”
Dramatica Class: Characters – Change or Steadfast?
Main & Obstacle Characters (Four Throughlines, Part 2) (Video)
Antagonist vs. Obstacle Character
Character Motivation Elements in Star Wars
Character Elements in Star Wars
Character Motivation Elements in Wizard Of Oz
Character Elements in Wizard Of Oz
Character Motivation Elements in the movie “Jaws”
Character Elements in the Movie, “Jaws”
Complex Characters in “Rear Window”
Complex Characters in “Gone with the Wind”
Grouping Character Elements in “Quads”
How the Main Character Changes
Archetypes in the Movie, “Jaws”
Main Character Resolve: Change or Steadfast?
Driver & Passenger Characters in Star Wars
Driver and Passenger Characters
Character Archetypes in Dynamic Pairs
Archetypes & Complex Characters Together
Characters in “To Kill A Mockingbird” (Video)
More Characters in “To Kill A Mockingbird” (Video)
Objective and Subjective Characters
The Main Character and Obstacle Character
8 Essential Writing Questions (Video)
Archetypes in Star Wars (Video)
Characters in “To Kill A Mockingbird” (Video)
