I've spoken ad nauseam about how important mentors have been in my career, but I don't think I've ever talked about who they are within my writing... Mentor characters have existed since almost the dawn of cinema. After all, Charles Foster Kane was just a kid bought and groomed by a mentor to be a leader, and "Yoda" became synonymous with mentorship sometime in the '80s. So, let me be your Yoda so I can take you through the ins and outs of the mentor character. We can talk about how to craft one and why they're so effective in writing. Need Sage Advice? A Mentor Character Could Help Fix Your Script One of the hardest parts about writing is getting your character to learn things in a natural way. Maybe they need to become a superhero or a chef, or maybe they need to be taught to become Zorro, appreciate poetry, write a great story, or just learn to deal with life. Mentors get us through the highs and lows around us. Sometimes they're caustic. Sometimes they're wonderful. We can fight with them, fall for them, and even kill them. But the mentor character is here to stay. What Do We Love About Mentor Characters? Perhaps it's the advice they dole out, the unflinching belief they have in their protégés, and the way we relate them to our own lines that matters. Still, not every mentor character is a nice person. You have the diluted insane mentors, like...
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