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What makes a character castable (or perhaps not castable if easier) please?
--Fanely Gouguet

Character Essentials: Ten Questions to create more compelling, castable characters

Summary

In this essential seminar, in-demand script consultant Danny Manus will go through 10 Specific Questions you should be asking of your characters to ensure they are three-dimensional, compelling, and castable.

Specific and proven exercises to help you develop your characters and make sure your protagonist and antagonist are intrinsically tied to your plot.

Presented by

Danny Manus

Danny Manus is a screenwriter, former development executive, CEO of No BullScript Consulting and author of No B.S. for Screenwriters: Advice from the Executive Perspective. His clients and mentees have been produced, sold, signed, optioned, staffed, made the annual prestigious The Black List, and include finalists and winners of prestigious contests including the ABC/Disney Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, PAGE Awards, Script Pipeline, Screencraft Fellowship, etc.

He has consulted on produced projects including Strangerlands starring Nicole Kidman, King of Killers starring Frank Grillo, I, Frankenstein starring Aaron Eckhart, Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn, You Don't Belong Here starring Shane West, and In-Lawfully Yours starring Marilu Henner.

You can follow him on Twitter/X and all social media @DannyManus.

Danny Manus's Website: https://www.nobullscript.net

More about this webinar

Characters are the lifeblood of every story. And yet writers consistently don't spend enough time on their development and intrinsic connection to the plot. A great story means nothing if the wrong characters are leading us through it.

This seminar will present 10 Questions you should be asking -- and answering -- about your characters to make sure they are complex, well-developed, and interesting enough to be castable with major talent and make your story shine!

And it will give you a checklist of exercises to make sure your story and characters are connected in the right ways.

What others have to say...

“A great seminar with really useful information that's going to make me a better writer. Time well spent!”

-- Jeff Kirkland

“I showed up late (unfortunately) but got here at around 8:40 and these were gems! Danny is great--incredibly incisive and truly knows his stuff. Looking forward to getting the deck when you put it together. And hope you have him back. ”

-- Leesa Dean

-- Arlin Green

-- G. Robert Frazier

“You were right, he knew his stuff! ”

-- Cathryn Morris

“Danny covered a lot of ground in a short time without the fluff. I got some good ideas for my current screenplay and might take part in his mentorship program. Thank you!”

-- Brian Gross