The 10 Key Steps to Good Character Development

1 Recognize that characters are not 'real' human beings. Great characters aren’t always the most realistic but the most imaginative, complete and consistently intriguing. 2. Make sure your character’s purpose and driving conflict is well defined. 3. Be wary of how to utilise archetypes and stereotype but to not overly rely on them, particularly when it comes to your main characters. 4. Make sure that your three-dimensional characters and your flat characters are the right way around, your important characters well-rounded and deep, your flat characters and supporting characters efficiently defined in their purpose and function. 5. Complement or contrast other characters to your protagonist. Think carefully about how all your characters relate to each other, both in the reality of your story but in the construct of your screenplay too. 6. Nail the trajectory of character arcs so that they feel consistent and concrete. 7. Interrogate your characters' identity and challenge your own potential biases and projections. 8. Be specific in how you imagine and relate your characters’ physical attributes and unique characteristics. 9. Make your character introductions are as impactful as possible. Don’t waste the biggest opportunity you’ll get to make an immediate impression on the audience. 10 Keep character dialogue consistent and meaningful. Be considered in how you assign dialogue to each character, making sure to not make all characters sound the same.

The 10 Critical Steps of Good Character Development

In writing a screenplay, with every character, you create them and take them on a journey. But how do you get to that point? How do you know who your character is and where to take them? This is the essence of character development. Furthermore, when you create a screenplay, you’re not only creating the lead characters, but you’re also responsible for creating supporting characters, as well as minor characters. And if you’re writing for TV, you potentially will need

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