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Beginners Guide To Screenwriting - Shannan E. Johnson

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How Do I Introduce My Protagonists?

I actually did an entire workshop on how do i, and i call them how the f wright. What we're looking for is what information are you going to give me about them in their normal life that makes me like them or relate to them? It's 20 21, so i don't have to like the character. They can be totally unlikable. But something about them has to be i have to be able to relate to in order to care enough and investin them on this journey. So a, i use the word social proof. And basically what that means is go back to the evidence write, prove to me who they are on the page.

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