From the course: Crafting Dynamic Characters
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Instructor jam: Meet your protagonist
From the course: Crafting Dynamic Characters
Instructor jam: Meet your protagonist
- Here we are using the dynamic character worksheet to meet our protagonist. - So we both took on the randomizer to get our random protagonist and random flaw, and this is sort of our, this is who our practice protagonist is going to be. I had a lot of fun with the practice protagonists, 'cause I felt like you say in the course, I felt like it was just sort of freeing to have this person that I wasn't really attached to, but I could play around with and try different things with. - I was really thrilled with who I got, because just a lot of stuff started coming to me. So I found it immediately applicable, which is exactly right. - It was inspiring, like even without a plot, and normally I'm such a plot person that I, you know, I start with the plot and then think about the character. So for me, it was just a fun challenge to get just a character without a plot and then just start thinking about them. So, okay, so the…
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The four foundations of a dynamic character6m 38s
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Exercise: Meet your protagonist6m 36s
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Instructor jam: Meet your protagonist4m 15s
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Foundation 1: Wounds4m 56s
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Exercise: Wounds4m 15s
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Instructor jam: Wounds3m 59s
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Foundation 2: Needs3m 23s
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Exercise: Needs1m 57s
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Instructor jam: Needs4m 43s
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Foundation 3: Objectives6m 29s
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Exercise: Objectives1m 26s
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Instructor jam: Objectives6m 9s
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Foundation 4: Motivations4m 41s
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Exercise: Motivations2m 44s
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Instructor jam: Motivations11m 20s
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Secondary characters and antagonists12m 28s
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Growth and change6m 8s
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