Comments on: How do your characters handle conflict? http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: adam http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 adam Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:38:10 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-2057 Just 10 short days after you posted this, the importance finally hit me. I wasn’t exactly sure how to “use” such a list a first, besides just keeping it. I’m slow at putting one and one together, but when I do, I almost always get TWO. The most essential thing about conflict in a script is how it “reveals” character. Yeah, yeah, it moves the plot and adds excitement, but nothing else reveals “inner character” like the way a character reacts in the face of crisis does. So this list is really a very important list . . . maybe the most important. This is all of the REVELATIONS of character. Am I overstating or piling on? This just keeps getting easier and EASIER!!! Just 10 short days after you posted this, the importance finally hit me. I wasn’t exactly sure how to “use” such a list a first, besides just keeping it.

I’m slow at putting one and one together, but when I do, I almost always get TWO.

The most essential thing about conflict in a script is how it “reveals” character. Yeah, yeah, it moves the plot and adds excitement, but nothing else reveals “inner character” like the way a character reacts in the face of crisis does. So this list is really a very important list . . . maybe the most important. This is all of the REVELATIONS of character.

Am I overstating or piling on?

This just keeps getting easier and EASIER!!!

]]> By: Unk http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Unk Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:49:55 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-2014 Mary Anita... I would NEVER propose to put my own stuff up there... I just spout it out here... If you can use it, outstanding! Unk Mary Anita…

I would NEVER propose to put my own stuff up there… I just spout it out here… If you can use it, outstanding!

Unk

]]> By: MaryAn http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 MaryAn Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:28:07 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-2011 The problem with the scoop thingie is, Unk, that your own stuff isn't on there. Now, I realize you expect us to come HERE to get the goods from you, but if the point is to put all the best stuff in one place, then DO IT! The problem with the scoop thingie is, Unk, that your own stuff isn’t on there. Now, I realize you expect us to come HERE to get the goods from you, but if the point is to put all the best stuff in one place, then DO IT!

]]> By: Depth-charging your characters… » The Unknown Screenwriter - a screenwriting blog featuring screenwriting tips, tricks, rants, and observations... http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 Depth-charging your characters… » The Unknown Screenwriter - a screenwriting blog featuring screenwriting tips, tricks, rants, and observations... Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:25:50 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-1959 [...] From that experience, I very often approach writing my characters in much the same way… What are the OBVIOUS PREDICTABLE DECISIONS this character would make right now? Figure those out and write exactly the opposite! It doesn’t always work but more often than not, I end up with some amazing decisions that I can use to brainstorm other decisions that help peel back the layers of dimensionality. And yeah, those decisions immediately make their way into my Character Decision List in the post below. [...] [...] From that experience, I very often approach writing my characters in much the same way… What are the OBVIOUS PREDICTABLE DECISIONS this character would make right now? Figure those out and write exactly the opposite! It doesn’t always work but more often than not, I end up with some amazing decisions that I can use to brainstorm other decisions that help peel back the layers of dimensionality. And yeah, those decisions immediately make their way into my Character Decision List in the post below. [...]

]]> By: The Film Diva http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 The Film Diva Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:39:24 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-1958 I do the same thing!! I stole my version from an acting teacher I admired who had done a lot of stage-acting and was from the Uta Hagen-Meisner-Stanislavski school of character building. I'm cutting and pasting these into the doc as we speak. Thanks, Unk, once again giving up the goods. I do the same thing!! I stole my version from an acting teacher I admired who had done a lot of stage-acting and was from the Uta Hagen-Meisner-Stanislavski school of character building. I’m cutting and pasting these into the doc as we speak. Thanks, Unk, once again giving up the goods.

]]> By: Unk http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 Unk Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:07:29 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-1916 LOL. Who WAS that masked man? Unk LOL. Who WAS that masked man?

Unk

]]> By: george w. bush http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/screenwriting/2007/01/11/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 george w. bush Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:43:17 +0000 http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2007/01/11/how-do-your-characters-handle-conflict/#comment-1902 I've never been the first at anything...I think you, Mr. Unk are a wonderful human being. I can't wait to read your beautiful re-write. Good Luck! I’ve never been the first at anything…I think you, Mr. Unk are a wonderful human being. I can’t wait to read your beautiful re-write. Good Luck!

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