If you’re thinking about submitting your next script to a screenwriting contest but you really want to nail it this time, there’s one element you need to write perfectly: three dimensional characters.

Without believable, engaging, three dimensional characters whom we care about, the most intriguing plotline will fall flat. In other words, your characters are the most important aspect of your screenplay. Give your characters a real reason to do what they do, and the script reader will find meaning in them and remember them long after “fade out