
49 | Michael Arndt's Act 1 Masterclass
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
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I Need to Fuck Love Your Main Character
"I like characters who are crazy, right? The crazier you can make your lead character within the bounds of reason," he said. "Having characters be irrationally passionate about something I think is a big way to get your audience on form with them." He added: "When she embarks on this campaign of random acts of kindness, you're totally rooting for her because she's acting selflessly"
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