Romantic Character Archetypes by Pamela Jaye Smith

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[VincentPaterno-hsfv]

In a recent rom-com script of mine, the protagonist is Colleen, a singing-dancing Vegas casino waitress who was so physically abused by her wastrel ex that she is unable to have kids, unlike her elder though similarly struggling sister Maureen (also divorced but with a 10-year-old son his aunt Colleen dotes upon as her surrogate child). Colleen's eventual love interest is Keswick, a scientist and regular customer of hers, who's so committed to his scientific pursuits that he is funded by Cassandra, a wealthy widowed former showgirl whom he has a clandestine affair with but doesn't really love.

[guywainer]

Bit of contradiction but I like her ideas on archetypes. She says the story and the steps are just there but in a sort of dismissive tone. In any story my belief is story and character although separate entities have to be intertwined or work in tandem for the best results.If they are they are just there then they are important as well but maybe what she meant was we the audience engage with the characters and its important to know the steps. It's amazing to me how story/structure is so undervalued to writers and it seems even theorists too.