Archetypes
This is the person who changes the most in your story.
All those who help the hero achieve his goal.
What are the allies?
This type of hero is flawed and never overcomes his inner demons.
What is a tragic hero?
This biggest sin of dialogue is when two characters speak to the audience instead of each other telling us things the writers wants us to know.
What is obvious exposition?
When a character states exactly how they feel constantly like they are committing this writer's sin.
What is leaving no room for subtext?
A positive figure who aids or trains the hero and sometimes give them gifts, supernatural or otherwise to aid them.
What is the mentor? Also, what is the wise old woman or wise old man?
This archetype can lie within the main character and it's what the character is hiding from himself. It can also be the main villain of the story. Sometimes they wear a mask.
What is the shadow?
This type of hero doesn't change, but he changes everyone around him.
What is a traveling angel or a catalyst hero?
This sin has the speaker making long speeches, listing things we should or probably already know via subtext.
What is overwriting?
When a writer uses cliches and quotes overused dialogue from other movies or writes dialogue imitating another movie he is guilty of this sin.
What is derivative dialogue and other unoriginal speeches?
This character's allegiance and motives are in question.
What is the Shapeshifter?
What is the threshold guardian?
This type of hero is not the opposite of a hero, he's a specialized hero who may be an outlaw or a villain from society's POV but has superior morals.
What is an antihero?
When characters constantly drop f bombs or the writer has the characters sobbing constantly he is guilty of this sin.
What is exaggeration?
This element of drama is important in dialogue. It's how the character feels due to backstory or something that just happened in another scene. But he acts it, or it's dramatized, but he should never say it.
They bring comic relief, healthy change and transformation. They also are enemies of the status quo and like to stir up trouble for trouble's stake.
What is the trickster?
This type of hero bravely goes ahead, actively, no fear.
What is a willing hero?
A dramatic unit consisting of the camera placement (interior/exterior), a location, and time. That is the technical definition, but it is so much more!
What is a scene?
When many characters introduce themselves and tell us their names and ask each other how are you and so on, the writer is abusing this sin.
What is everyday pleasantries?
When starting a scene, you should ask yourself this important question.
What is the point of the scene?
This is sometimes something within the main character or someone or something outside the character that points out a need for change.
What is the herald?
This type of hero is full of doubts, has to be pushed or pulled. He also has the most to learn.
What is the reluctant hero, or unwilling hero?
What every scene must do within a story.
What is move the story forward?
Repeating information or scenes for that matter is this type of sin.
What is unnecessary repetition?
A scene just like your main character should be full of this as much as possible. Whether it's from inanimate objects or weather, or characters.