0:00 - How A Writer Can Deeply Understand Their Characters
14:30 - The Emotional Work It Takes To Write Great Characters
28:07 - 9 Key Moments That Define A Character
40:50 - No Writer Is Smart Enough To Come Up With 20 Bad Ideas In A Row
51:16 - Why Writing A Story Is Messy
59:37 - What Screenwriters Can Learn From Forrest Gump And Twister
1:14:26 - How To Use Your Pain To Write Powerful Stories
1:29:26 - Job Of An Artist Is To See Then Show
1:37:22 - 20 Character Questions Every Writer Should Know
1:51:26 - A Story Is A Hero's Struggle Against An Obstacle To Reach A Goal
2:04:49 - How To Write An Antagonist That Matters
2:15:26 - Every Character You Write Starts At Zero
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Christopher Riley is a professional screenwriter who co-wrote with his wife Kathy Riley the award-winning German language courtroom thriller After the Truth. The Rileys have written scripts for Disney’s Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Television Pictures, the late Sean Connery’s Fountainbridge Films and Robert Cort Productions. Christopher produced the independent action-thriller Red Line and executive produced the web series Bump+. He is the author of the classic screenplay format guide The Hollywood Standard, now in its third edition, and teaches screenwriting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Riley's latest book is The Defining Moment: How Writers and Actors Build Characters (through Michael Wiese Productions).
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