Hey new Irish writer here

Hi, welcome to the boards.

Hello and welcome to the boards...hope you enjoy it here.

Well...

I'm not exactly an expert or anything, and this might not apply to whatever screenplay you're speaking of. For my novel, though, I tend to link characters to real people; for example, in my story, there is one central character, and four main characters. Now, the central's character's background is easy to keep track of because, well, it keeps biting him in the arse, but for the other four, I try and make it as similar, in my mind at least, to people I already know. I've even temporarily given those charries the first names of my friends, so I can just look and connect. Even a simple realization, like whether the charrie jokes around or not, can help the rest of it kinda surface...

Don't know if this suggestion helps much...

EDIT: Oh, and hello. ^^; *Coughs*

Hi, Garza. I'm not a screenwriter, but I haunt a couple of screenwriting sites because I sometimes write plays, and they're close enough for me to benefit.

You know, your character bios aren't ever going to appear on screen. If you have realistic characters in your mind's eye, and if enough character is coming through in your pages, forget the bio. It's just a tool that can help you write rounded characters. Maybe you find it hard because you don't need its help.

However, if you feel, or your readers agree, that your characters are flat, or too similar, then you may need to find a method of thinking up a three-dimensional character. The bio isn't the only way to go. It clearly doesn't work for you, if you self-distract.

Not every carpenter uses every tool, you know?

Maryn, not great at analogies

Welcome to the boards Garza.
This is the perfect place to meet people and get feedback on your writing.
And you learn a lot too.

September

Irish hey?

Reminds me of how much I love Irish Coffee . . . all four essential food groups in one glass: alcholol, caffeine, sugar & fat!

to the Cooler, Garza!

Howdy, Garza! A kindred soul you are indeed! Both my dearly departed parents were from Ireland, Dublin -- Sutton and Dun Laoghaire, to be precise. Welcome!

Garza said:

It's character biographies I cannot bring myself to write them, unlike wiriting the script I find them boring. I find myself drifting away into dreamworld very often while I'm doing biographies.
Is there any other way to create good characters without the biography approach?

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Whoever told you that the biography approach is essential?

Sure, plenty of people find that it's a useful tool - but it isn't the only tool in the toolbox. I don't use it. (But my writing is hardly fault free, so that ain't a recommendation!)

Another simple approach is to imagine scenarios, and consider how your characters would react.

* If they each found a lost wallet - how would they react?
* If a friend rang them at 3am because their cat died - how would they react?

etc

If you find you characters would all react the same, then you might have a problem. If a stranger watching the movie couldn't tell how your characters would react in those situations - then you might have a problem.

If this approach doesn't help, then use another one. There are plenty.

Mac

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