Free Screenwriting Resource: Great Characters

An ongoing weekly series wherein I and guest columnist Jason Cuthbert delve into memorable movie characters. This is a great way to brainstorm characters of your own. Mix and match. Gender bend. Genre bend. Use these characters to inspire your own.

Here are links to nearly an alphabet full of great characters:

Garth Algar (Wayne’s World)

Howard Beale (Network)

Dolores Claiborne (Dolores Claiborne)

Tyler Durden (Fight Club)

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Game)

Max Fischer (Rushmore)

Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)

Annie Hall (Annie Hall)

Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles)

The Joker (The Dark Knight)

Col. Walter E. Kurtz (Apocalypse Now)

Jeff Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)

Marty McFly (Back to the Future)

Neytiri (Avatar)

Clarence Oddbody (It’s A Wonderful Life)

Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)

Ellen Ripley (Alien, Aliens, Alien Resurrection)

Edward Scissorshands (Edward Scissorshands)

Tallahassee (Zombieland)

Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction)

Andie Walsh (Pretty in Pink)

Yoda (Star Wars)

Alexis Zorba (Zorba the Greek)

And there are hundreds more.

Go here for the Great Characters archive.

Go here to access links to all of the select group of Free Screenwriting Resources from Go Into The Story.

Each day in August, I’m going to highlight a screenwriting resource available on the blog. Why? Because with over 15,000 posts and 70+ archive topics, I want to make sure readers are aware of the many, many assets available here for reading and research. And they are all free!

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