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| Personal Life | These are details a screenwriter needs to know about a character's relationships and/or friendships. Who he or she is connected to. |
| Character Biographies | This is a detailed breakdown of a character's backstory including their professional, private and personal life. |
| Private Life | These are details a screenwriter needs to know about what a character does in his or her free time, including watching television, knitting, doing crossfit, etc. |
| Professional Life | These are details a screenwriter needs to know about a character's work life, career aspirations, passions, and drive. |
| Goal / Need | What your character wishes to accomplish or achieve in the course of the film. |
| Action | This is what your character actively does throughout a screenplay or film; what they physical do to achieve their goal or need. |
| Point of View | This is how your character views the world around him or her; this may be a policial stance, a soccio-economic status, etc. |
| Personality | This is a question of if your character is upbeat, happy, depressed, thoughtful, serious, and so on; tells readers/viewers how the character may respond to setbacks. |
| Introducing a New Character | When you include a new character in a screenplay for the FIRST TIME ONLY you always format the script the same way including name and age; MATT, 16, ... |
| Revelation | During the story the viewers learn something about the main character. At the same time, the main character themesleves learns something new about himself or herself. This may shift his or her goals or needs. |
