Screenwriting Tip #1010

unclesean:

screenwritingtips:

You can make a really nasty character sympathetic just by showing us what they love. The cliché here is the opera-loving serial killer, but it works for almost any kind of villain.

Let’s change the cliché to Tetris-loving serial killer. Everyone go write movies with serial killers who love playing Tetris. Do it. Do it, now.


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