Concept
Character web
You might say: supporting cast, ensemble, foils
The cast as a network. Truby compares every character with the hero and with each other, so the differences become clear.
- What it does
- Makes each character sharper, because the others show what they are not.
- Ask
- How does each character push on the hero?
- Trouble
- Two characters do the same job; you could merge them.
Pattern
Connections
- See also: Subplots
Sources
- John Truby, Blockbuster User’s Manual, p. 23
All characters in a story can be defined as either friend or enemy of your hero, or some combination of friend and enemy.
Use it on your project
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