Supporting Cast Design

Topic overview

Build the foundations of Supporting Cast Design.

A supporting cast gives the hero obligations, disagreement, intimacy, humor, and consequences no power set can manufacture alone.

Creator outcomes for Supporting Cast Design

1. 1

   Assign each relationship a dramatic function

2. 2

   Give allies goals beyond the hero

3. 3

   Use contrast to reveal character

4. 4

   Plan relationship change across issues