How to Write Bankable and Believable Characters

Writing amazing screenplays starts with crafting memorable characters that jump off the page and become the types of characters people quote and remember for years to come. Successful screenplays stimulate the emotions and imagination of audiences because they feature fascinating characters. 

Learn the upfront work to build compelling characters, analyze five archetypes and corresponding elements needed to craft unique three-dimensional supporting characters, learn techniques on how to develop a great character arc, and so much more!

This deal is only available until August 31, 2025!

Writing Memorable Characters (OnDemand Webinar) Writing amazing screenplays starts with crafting memorable characters that jump off the page and become the types of characters people quote and remember for years to come. In this OnDemand webinar, script doctor Cody Smart shares what she’s learned throughout her years helping elevate all sorts of Hollywood scripts: character-driven stories are what readers and buyers are looking for. ($39.99 value) 

The Sweet 16! The Only Tool You'll Ever Use Again To Create Characters(OnDemand Webinar) In this OnDemand webinar, Jennifer Dornbush shares 16 short and sweet tools to create enduring, popular, living, and breathing characters. The Sweet 16 is an easily-repeatable method that works for any writer, any genre, and any story form: short film, novella, novel, screenplay, TV pilot, stage play, video game, even documentary & memoir. This trick guarantees that you will have a credible, memorable, and actionable character, that helps you build a solid story structure which stays focused on the hero’s journey! ($39.99 value)

Developing Fascinating Characters(OnDemand Webinar) Successful screenplays stimulate the emotions and imagination of audiences because they feature fascinating characters. This OnDemand webinar provides powerful but simple tools that will guide you in creating engaging and involving movie people. Learn how to design characters from scratch and apply time-tested techniques in developing them into intriguing personalities, and start them on their respective internal and external journeys.

Developing Believable Characters (OnDemand Webinar) Learn the upfront work to build compelling characters easily, which will help you write your screenplay because your characters are writing it as they make choices; reverse engineer your previously-written personalities in your stories into more persuasive and life-like people. By using her 5-quick question technique, you’ll learn whether your characters are believable and understand how to improve them. ($39.99 value)

Creating Strong Female Characters(OnDemand Webinar) The OnDemand webinar is designed to help writers of all levels re-examine their own perspective of male-female relationships, gender-specific characteristics, and women’s roles in both society and literature/film. You will leave the webinar with a better understanding of why this is such a complicated issue, how to sort through those complexities and a check list of characteristics of a strong/complex/layered characters (male or female!). ($39.99 value)

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