Crafting Cinematic Characters

📚Overview

What makes your favourite movie-star so compelling to watch? In this masterclass, screenwriter Thomas Donnelly will delve into the eight elements that make a character leap off the page, and show you how to hone them in your own writing.

You’ll leave this masterclass with a comprehensive understanding of character psychology and how to develop transformational arcs. With the tricks of the silver screen up your sleeve, you’ll learn to craft believable characters and keep your readers glued to the page.

Schedule

EVENT

15:00 - 16:00 EST

In this Monday Masterclass, you will learn:

The eight reasons readers are drawn to a character
How to nail a psychologically believable character arc
Strategies for creating characters that readers will root for
Why inter-character conflict is key to storytelling, and how to master it

Following the presentation, there will be a live Q&A with Thomas where you can ask questions about creating psychological complexity, establishing interpersonal relationships, and any other character-based questions.

Speakers

Thomas Donnelly

Author and Screenwriter

T.D. Donnelly has been a professional screenwriter for 30 years. He’s worked on franchises from Voltron to Uncharted, and from Marvel’s Doctor Strange to The Walking Dead. He is also the author of the Malcolm Chaucer spy thrillers Year of the Rabbit, Year of the Horse, and Year of the Serpent (coming next month).