A few weeks ago @edithdrod asked me how she might rewrite her scripts so the protagonist is more active as early as possible. A note she was getting. I think an answer to this is present a choice they need to make, show their choice and how it reveals their character
I learned this thing about choices and revealing character from an episode of @writealongpod where Cargill breaks it down so simply it’s endlessly useful.
For example a recent one I wrote was a protagonist getting good news and showing they could not hold on to it before vetting it was okay to share that news. It allowed me to play some backstory (good news) and reveal their character flaw is being compulsive and over confident.
You can prob think of your fav films or tv shows and rewatch to see what the first choice the lead’s presented with, how early on, and what they decide to do. Then come up with your own structure and specifics in the first pages of your script.
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