Don’t you love character-driven stories? They’re my favourite. Liam Neeson in Taken. Mel Gibson in Signs. The slum dog in Slumdog Millionaire.
We get sucked into good character stories, because we relate to at least one key element of the character in a story. We may not have Liam Neeson’s ability to eviscerate bad guys, but we relate to his will to fight for his daughter. We may not be an ex-priest struggling with a crisis of faith like Mel Gibson’s character in Signs, but we have had our own questions and faith battles too. And we almost surely didn't get on Who Wants to be a Millionaire as an impoverished slum dog in Mumbai, but we know that our story has destiny in it too.
Character is also more nuanced…it speaks about the traits of a person and their mental or moral qualities. The protagonist, or lead character in the story, more often than not has character traits that align with a positive moral worldview. If they do not, more often than not, the storyteller is unpacking the character’s journey to becoming more moral in character by overcoming a key obstacle in the story.
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Keep breathing,
Daniel Kooman
Keep Breathing,
Daniel Kooman
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