Writing for Actors – How Clear Objectives Make Characters Irresistible to Actors Wanting to Perform Your Work

I’ve been a professional actor, and I’ve written for actors, and I can tell you that when actors read a script, they’re not looking for beautiful words; they’re searching the script for a purpose, a purpose aligned explicitly with the role they are interested in playing. Clear objectives pull an actor in and make them want to play the role you are writing for them. A character with a clear objective, overall and within each scene, is a character an actor can sink their teeth into.