: Re: How to compactly explain secondary and tertiary characters without resorting to stereotypes? Sure, I understand the characters, but that's because I've been thinking about them. But how do I transfer

How about a writing exercise?

Go to a public space made for hanging out and talking (coffee shop, park cafÃ©, bar, you know what's around you) at three separate time frames (morning, lunch, afternoon, evening, late night, ...) once on a weekday, once on a weekend.

Now, sit down, relax, and... Eavesdrop! Just enough to get the themes of the conversations around you. Note them down, as well as a sketch-like description of the people talking (the kind of information you get at a passing glance). Compile all your observations, and voilÃ ! You now have examples of non-stereotypical, but common, conversations that happen at that type of venue at that time of day.

You are trying to imitate life after all. So go observe it.

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: How to write character's emotional reactions in a screenplay? Question : When writing my screenplay, I frequently find the urge to describe a character's emotion. However, I have read somewhere

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: Plain language with long required phrases I am trying to create documentation for an application, and it's for end users who use keyboard (not mouse) and a screen reader. Some of our conventions

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