: Re: In character development for a screenplay, is it enough to present only a person's most salient characteristics? In my screenplay, I feature a CEO of an advertising agency who is "pot shaped,"

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This is a screenplay so I think your initial salient points are plenty.
I want to learn about the character by seeing what he does not have all kinds of details about why he ties he shoes a certain way.

Viki King explains that a lot of this backstory writing is often a way that authors escape doing the real work of writing the screen play.
How To Write A Movie In 21 Days by Viki King - amazon link

The few lines you explained the character in are plenty for me to get the idea so I can start seeing him on screen with an idea of the basics of how he'll behave.

It's all wrapped up in his self-concept really and that'll be obvious as we watch the character behave on screen.

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