I am, however, frustrated by modern audiences seeming reliance on it. At the end of the day, The Bechdel Test is a thirty-year-old joke in a comic strip, not some deep analysis of where we’re going wrong in female characterisation.
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If you want to ensure people will invest in your female character’s journey, you can’t expect ‘just add women’ to cut it. But what could you do?
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“Writers often have a social conscience, but good female characterisation should never about ticking boxes, or educating anyone. Regardless of gender politics or general philanthropy, ignoring the women in your audience is quite simply bad business sense. Ignoring your female characters is literally leaving money on the table.”
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“Formatting is the language of screenplays. It's the expression of your story in an industry-accepted style. This style communicates your story to other professionals (readers, agents, producers, directors, etc.) in a language they understand.”
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“Nice description, actable dialogue. Some amusing moments; some sensitive moments. All in all, a script of well-chosen words. The story, however, sucks. The first thirty pages crawl on a fat belly of expostion; the rest never get to their feet.”
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