The main antagonist of every female protagonist is the stereotype. And that's the only generalization we can make when it comes to creating female characters. As the market and the public demand more and more stories with female protagonists, the challenge of creating authentic female characters who manage to break out of the commonplace that has been reserved for women in fiction for centuries is also growing. In order to create characters who break those rules, it is essential to know what those rules are. For this reason, the content aims to introduce the most important female stereotypes in fiction and to show ways of subverting them. This is the focus of the work and research of Manuela Cantuária, who in this masterclass will share some insights from her research on female representation, which also gave rise to the screenwriting course "Vulneráveis Venceremos: a construção de heroínas humanos" (Vulnerable We Will Win: the Construction of Human Heroines).

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Manuela Cantuária | Palestrante

Manuela Cantuária is a screenwriter based in Rio de Janeiro. She is the creator and head writer of "As Seguidoras", the first original Paramount+ Brazil TV series. For three years, she was part of Porta dos Fundos' writer's room and wrote sketches that altogether have over thirty-five millions of views on YouTube. Manuela is also a humor columnist in Folha de São Paulo, the best-selling newspaper in the country. She teaches a screenwriting course on the creation of female characters. She has written for several shows for TV and streaming services and has attended the TV Writing Program at Columbia University.

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