Getting your audience to talk to your characters

Playing a simple game to advertise Resident Evil can help you understand the deep emotional structure of characters you write. Experiment and see.
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Image: the human character in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. 

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced a neat publicity trick for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter which is creepily fascinating. Here is how it works:

1. Turn your character into an algorithm. Once you know how s/he behaves, you can build a program to parse the natural language of a fan and provide a written response in character. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.