Comments on: The Transformational Character Arc Part 14 Stick a fork in it!

By: Laurence Easeman

Laurence Easeman — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:34:18 +0000

Hey UNK

happy fucking new year!

I’m just finishing up the last of character prep for my protag and it got me wondering. In my story I have three main characters. Father and two sons. One of the sons is the protagonist. There are a few other minor characters, but mainly its about the family. So my question. Do you need to do as much character prep on other supporting characters like you do with the protag? i.e. bio’s, backstory, personailty types, traits, outer objective, inner objective, etc. Or do this make things over complicated?

Thanks buddy

Larry

By: KillerDollie

KillerDollie — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:53:37 +0000

Thanks for sharing this with us, Unk. Love the fork, too.
I’m guessing Uri Geller did that afer they debunked his psychic abilities?

By: suburban screenwriter

suburban screenwriter — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:02:06 +0000

Unk–

Hopefully this wasn’t a swan song…I’m going through withdrawal here. Hope you can to get back to posting soon. If life has gotten in the way right now I understand though…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:34:23 +0000

Sure, get us all hooked on the good stuff, then leave us high and dry (mostly high) and wanting more. We all need a fix, man. Where are you? Gotta have more. Pleeeease?

By: Pamela Schott

Pamela Schott — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:54:57 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to provide such thorough and thought-provoking insight. There is immense value in everything you itemize in this series, which is what makes the downloadable version all the more welcome. What a service to your unseen audience. I hope the scripts we turn out as a result of reading, contemplating, and executing the notes outlined here will do justice to your efforts.

By: Dante Kleinberg

Dante Kleinberg — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:53:04 +0000

I’m so glad you posted the whole series in one file! Like many others above me, I haven’t had time to read every post in the series. But now I’ll make time.

Looking forward to it!

Thanks for working so hard

By: MaryAn

MaryAn — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:14:02 +0000

Brilliant.

By: Script Demon

Script Demon — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:03:35 +0000

Invaluable stuff, UNK. Your blog never ceases to amaze me. I downloaded your Character Arc series because just like a few of your readers, I never have enough time to read your entire posts. This one I’m printing.

No audio version, eh? Too bad. Perfect for my long commute.

By: suburban screenwriter

suburban screenwriter — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:56:14 +0000

these comments are great I think its always important to be an astute observer in order to be a screenwriter because it allows you to see how certain behaviors aren’t necessarily shown through the same actions. I too was interested in human interaction at a young age read some Karl Jung in high school and took a couple psych classes in college.

By: Laura Reyna

Laura Reyna — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:30:00 +0000

Adding the Kubler-Ross thing points out something i really like about Unk’s way of thinking…

He’s open to anything that might help his writing. He’s exploring, he’s curious. We should be too.

And he explores a lot psychological & sociological theories that might help screenwriting.

A lot of this stuff might not end up directly in anybody’s script, it’s background stuff. It’s stuff you keep in the back of your head. But it’s still useful.

We are writing about HUMAN BEINGS and their EMOTIONS. Human motivation & change.

We all need to study human behavior & emotions IN DEPTH…continuously…

As writers we need to be observers, shrinks, philosophers, teachers, detectives, etc etc We need to have our minds OPEN & receptive.

In my early 20s I was thinking about becoming an anthropologist.

Anthropology = the study of man

I took a bunch of classes, but then finally decided i didn’t want to be a scientist.

But guess what? I’m still an anthropologist. I still study human beings.