So much has been said about The Hero, but as William Akers has said in
Your Screenplay Sucks!, it's the bad guy that makes the hero change. No bad guy, no change in The Hero. Here's a checklist from Mr. Akers:
- If it's the hero against the system, put a face on it. Make him a human.
- Make him GREAT! All powerful. Stronger than hero.
- Always taking action. Plotting. Planning. Killing. Wounding.
- Give him some good points.
- Put him with hero as much as possible.
- Bad guy has buttons that push the hero.
- The Opponent makes the HERO change.
- Bad guy has REASONS for what he's doing. We have sympathy for motives, just the means to get it are BAD.
- Need Bad Guy SPEECH. Explain why he's doing what he's doing. Makes more fascinating.
So much has been said about The Hero, but as William Akers has said in Your Screenplay Sucks!, it's the bad guy that makes the hero change. No bad guy, no change in The Hero. Here's a checklist from Mr. Akers:
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