Decoding the language of behavior is what character development is mainly about in screenwriting; it’s about how they communicate and relate with other people around them. To understand the speech of human beings is to master the secrets they keep inside however we should pay attention to it’s expression into the society.
Start off by becoming an ardent observer: in what ways do they respond to different circumstances or happenings? That thing about those gesticulations and facial features only gives us a glimpse of what drives them inside. Thus, the whole thing has not been said yet because behavior in personality is more than actions taken.
Possibly the reason the hero in your novel is always careful with himself could be due to what happened to him in he past while even though he appears very brutal, what the antagonist hides is fear of being weak. Remove this cover to avoid superficiality but establish a connection between who they truly are and others. It is very important to take note that for your audiences to feel attached to a story’s characters, how they act remains the invisible strings moving them closer on paper.
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