developing characters Archives

Stanislavski and scriptwriting…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-05-03T11:55:00-04:00May 3rd, 2016|backstory, character exploration, developing characters, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, stanislavski, the writing process|

I'm re-reading An Actor Prepares and I'm struck with the degree [...]

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The importance of backstory in scriptwriting

By Buzz McLaughlin|2015-05-26T10:38:00-04:00May 26th, 2015|back story, character exploration, developing characters, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, MFA in writing for stage and screen, script consulting, the writing process|

I was sitting on our porch last night with my [...]

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Pre-draft story development work in script writing…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2015-05-06T11:43:00-04:00May 6th, 2015|back story, character exploration, developing characters, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, MFA in writing for stage and screen, script consulting, the writing process|

The biggest issue regarding the script writing process that keeps [...]

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Developing great characters, Part 7: Leisure time

By Buzz McLaughlin|2012-03-16T14:24:00-04:00March 16th, 2012|back story, character biographies, character development, developing characters, playwriting, screenwriting, script development, scriptwriting, the writing process; character exploration|

Ah yes… leisure time. Or extra time. Blogging time. [...]

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Designing story: a script consulting experience, part II

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-07-14T10:07:00-04:00July 14th, 2011|3-act story structure, developing characters, dramatic structure, play structure, playwriting, screenplay structure, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, the writing process|

My last post introduced a day-long script consulting session [...]

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Designing story: a script consulting experience, part I

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-07-12T12:32:00-04:00July 12th, 2011|3-act story structure, developing characters, dramatic structure, play structure, playwriting, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development, writing process|

A couple of weeks ago I invited a script client [...]

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Is 3-act story structure passe…?

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-29T14:59:00-04:00June 29th, 2011|3-act story structure, developing characters, dramatic structure, playwriting, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development|

There’s been a lot written online lately about the [...]

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Dealing only with closed chapters

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-21T16:18:00-04:00June 21st, 2011|developing characters, play ideas, playwright, playwriting, screenplay, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consulting, story development, testing story ideas, the writing process|

My last post (“The risk of self exposure”) made [...]

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The risk of self-exposure

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-17T11:17:00-04:00June 17th, 2011|developing characters, playwright, playwriting, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consultant, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development, testing story ideas, the writing process|

Here’s another basic principle of the craft that writers [...]

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The myth of recognition

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-14T11:41:00-04:00June 14th, 2011|character models, developing characters, playwriting, screenplay, screenwriting, script consultant, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development, testing story ideas, writing process|

One consistent issue beginning writers have with modeling characters [...]

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