Writing from your Shadow to create compelling, three-dimensional dark characters:
- How to build the “fateful triangle” of obsessive passion
- How to “see” and read the intimate body language of the characters you create for signs of inner conflict
- How psychological projection works to create escalating conflicts
- How to find your character’s fatal imbalance
- How to establish the “codes” inherent in melodrama, thrillers or crime stories, and keep them consistent
- How to create unique, contemporary stories within these rules and codes
Films include: THE SWEET HEREAFTER, MONSTER, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, RAGING BULL.