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A Series of…

Category: Characters

We have to know who are characters are, before the events in our screenplay, to get a better sense of them now. Your task: Pick a character from something you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re writing. Or, make up a character. How old are they now? Make a timeline that spans from birth to their current age. In this timeline, make a notation for each positive or negative impactful event, and write a short sentence or paragraph describing that event. Finally, getting into the mind of this character, do a 10-minute free-write starting with the sentence, ?¢‚Ǩ?ìMy life is a series of?¢‚Ǩ¬¶?¢‚Ǩ¬ù

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