How to Write a Radio Serial Drama for Social Development- PDF

Chapter Five
Character Development
Characters are most successful if they are modeled
after real people known to the writer.
Learning Objectives
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To know the number and types of characters to select for an Enter-
Educate serial.
To be aware of the range of character types from which a writer can
choose.
To appreciate the importance of compiling detailed profiles of all
major characters in order to maintain believability and consistency.
To understand how to make characters realistic and attractive to the
listening audience.
To know appropriate uses for non-characters, including the narrator
and the host.
Exercise
After reading this chapter, work from the list of potential characters for an
Enter-Educate serial to decide on the main characters for each of the plots
you developed for the exercise in Chapter 4. Then prepare a detailed
profile for each one.
Draft some dialogue involving two or more of these characters,
perhaps in reaction to one of the incidents on the event list you compiled
for the exercise in the last chapter. This will help you determine whether
your characters are sufficiently well delineated and are different enough
from one another to allow for dramatic interaction.
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