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character beat

character beat noun: the elucidation of a character's motivation in regards to a specific action or reaction.

Noun

character beat (plural character beats)

  1. The elucidation of a character's motivation in regards to a specific action or reaction.
    • . Character beats are more complex than story beats as each character involved in a story event has their own character beat.2012, Eugene Doyen, Novel Writing: Imagination on The Page, page 77
    • As Puss comes to realize his legendary status is not a substitute for interpersonal connection, his interactions with Kitty and the therapy dog start to take on a surprising amount of weight, while Goldilocks serves as a well-realized foil who has more in common with Puss than is at first apparent....2022 December 20, Leigh Monson, “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish review: Antonio Banderas leads the best film yet in the Shrek franchise”, in AV Club

Forms of character beat

pluralcharacter beats

Questions about character beat

What does character beat mean?
Character beat means the elucidation of a character's motivation in regards to a specific action or reaction.
What part of speech is character beat?
Character beat is a noun.
What is the plural of character beat?
The plural of character beat is character beats.

Words near character beat in the dictionary

  1. character assassinated
  2. character assassinates
  3. character assassinating
  4. character assassination
  5. character assassinations
  6. character beat
  7. character cell
  8. character cells
  9. character class
  10. character classes
  11. character density

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