title: Dating Your Character: A Sexy Guide to Screenwriting for Film and TV
author: Marilyn R. Atlas
description: Dating Your Character is a must for any writer who wants to create 3-dimensional, interesting, non-stereotypical characters that jump off the page! --Mary Lou Belli, Emmy award-winning TV director of The Game, NCIS New Orleans, Monk and Author of The NEW Sitcom Career Book<br /><br />The authors offer every writer - beginner or seasoned, of screenplays, novels, games, or plays - a fun new approach to character creation. Designed with the breezy, can-do attitude of a self-help book, DYC offers practical advice on how to create a passionate, workable and working relationship with your characters. --Pamela Jaye Smith, Author of Show Me the Love! All Kinds of Love for All Kinds of Stories<br /><br />DYC is a great way to create meaningful characters that you can spend the night with and who will still love you in the morning! Required reading. --Jennie Lew Tugend, Producer of Free Willy, Lethal Weapon, Return to Me
zlib_text: > **Table of Contents**
  
    
  
    * Title
    * By the Same Author
    * Title Page
    * Copyright Page
    * Illustrations
    * Acknowledgements
    * Dedication
    * Epigraph
    * Chapter One First Encounter (1951)
      * I
      * II
    * Chapter Two Marilyn's Traumatic Childhood (1926–1946)
      * I
      * II
      * III
    * Chapter Three A Star Is Born (1947–1954)
      * I
      * II
      * III
      * IV
    * Chapter Four Image and Identity (1950s)
      * I
      * II
      * III
    * Chapter Five Joe DiMaggio (1952–1954)
      * I
      * II
      * III
      * IV
      * V
    * Chapter Six Miller's Path to Fame (1915–1949)
      * I
      * II
      * III
    * Picture Section 1
    * Chapter Seven Secret Courtship (1954–1955)
      * I
      * II
      * III
    * Chapter Eight New York and the Actors Studio (1954–1956)
      * I
      * II
      * III
    * Chapter Nine Betrayal and Guilt (1950–1956)
      * I
      * II
      * III
    * Chapter Ten Witch Hunt (1956–1958)
      * I
      * II
    * Chapter Eleven Marriage and England (1956–1957)
      * I
      * 