The development room
Interview your characters. Build the bible. Get it ready to send.
Mr AP sits you down with every character in your script and asks the questions a development exec asks — wound, want, need, contradiction, secret, arc. You answer in your own words; he offers options pulled from your own pages when you're stuck. Out the other end comes a professional series or feature bible, actor sides, a table read recording, and an honest list of the scenes you still have to write. Already cast? Run the full table read.
Put each character in the room and interview them face to face.
Start here
Interview every character, then draft the bible from your own answers.
What to bring
- A script, outline or even one character name
- 1
Add your first character
One name is enough to open the backstory interview.
- 2
Answer in your own words
Wound, want, need, contradiction, secret, arc — twelve questions.
- 3
Draft the bible and pull sides
Professional bible plus printable sides per character.
Story Bible Studio
Backstory interviews, an auto-drafted bible, sides and table read audio.
- Twelve-question digital backstory interview per character, in your words
- Professional TV or film bible drafted from your pages and answers
- Printable sides plus a downloadable table read MP3 per character
Related lessons and rooms
Learn the screenwriting methodThe screenwriting guide — the full walkthrough.Script deskWrite scenes in proper format.Script graderBeat-mapped notes on your draft.Virtual table readHear the pages performed.Greenlight roomBudget the script and answer investors.Live teacherStructural analysis of your sides.Screenwriter membershipThe 12-week screenwriter program.