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On top of that, your main character pairing has vanilla-as-hell chemistry. They both feel like characters we’ve seen before. There’s nothing unique about either of them. There’s no big likable quality for us to latch onto. And so, together, they’re just going through the paces of your basic “conflict-filled” coupling. Which is one of the quickest ways to bore a reader.
How do you prevent this? Go watch Project Hail Mary. One of the more common notes I give on a screenplay consultation is to GIVE YOUR CHARACTERS PERSONALITY. It’s strange the way writers think. They’re so focused on making their characters a product of the plot moving forward that they forget to stop and ask who this person is when there is no plot. What’s their baseline day to day personality? Are they fun, sarcastic, witty, weird?
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