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[SignerJ]

[nesferatuzero]

That's my entire idea of a series, I have been producing. Reading scripts with others. Characters is the most important aspect in any series. Without a reliable (interesting) character is very hard to get the audience interest. Because you don't followed the monster, you followed the humans. So every connection they make in a story is the drive, the monster comes tertiary.

[Lithp]

I agree that characters are most important. But the monster should BE a character. Think of any classic monster story that's survived the generations. Whether the monster talks or doesn't, whether it appears constantly or only a couple of times.... I guarantee you, it was conceived as soon as, or maybe even sooner than, the human cast, supplied with motives, & written in terms of how it & the human cast would interact.

[Baronness]

I agree that making the monster an integral part of the story is important. You obviously do need engaging characters and a good plot, but who says none of that should involve your monster? It'd just feel tacked on, otherwise.

[HABIT]

A giant yellow flying squid

[SignerJ]

A series based on this idea:

[shurst]