Screenwriting 101: Rita Mae Brown
“Character is destiny. The resolution of any plot must come from within the character. The redemption or destruction of any character is…
“Character is destiny. The resolution of any plot must come from within the character. The redemption or destruction of any character is not the result of an external event, but the result of that character’s motivation. The inner life of people drives and manipulates their outer lives. We are the architects of our own Fate… Survival alters ideology. As life buffets you and your characters, this sentence will intensify in meaning. Change, growing from within and forced from without, is the mainspring of character development, of the process of human maturation.”
— Rita Mae Brown
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