Action Need Not Always Be On Top

Six Ways to Rethink Character and Theme​

Discover the potential of using character and/or theme as your story’s governing principle by contemplating this interactive wheel chart at every orientation.

        • Enhance your creative freedom
        • Allow for artistic innovation
        • Go beyond simple conflict to envision change

By prioritizing more than action, your powers of communication will expand, and your creativity will flourish.

Action Need Not Always Be On Top

Six Ways to Rethink Character and Theme​

Action Need Not Always Be On Top

Six Ways to Rethink Character and Theme​

Discover the potential of using character and/or theme as your story’s governing principle by contemplating this interactive wheel chart at every orientation.

  • Enhance your creative freedom
  • Allow for artistic innovation
  • Go beyond simple conflict to envision change

By prioritizing more than action, your powers of communication will expand, and your creativity will flourish.

About Me

Hi! I’m Jennine Lanouette. I have been a screenwriting instructor for over 20 years with a specialty in script analysis. I have lectured at The New School and School of Visual Arts in New York and Pixar and Lucasfilm in the San Francisco Bay Area, among others. I studied at Columbia University under Frank Daniel with additional coursework in the history of drama at NYU. Previously, I was a journalist reporting on American independent film for Filmmaker, Premiere, The Village Voice, Screen International, Sight and Sound and Ms. Magazine.

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