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Don't let your main character slog through the story without allies. All the best screenplays have them. In life we have them. In our screenplays we need them more.
No matter what your story, your protagonist is trying to get something or find someone or he has some kind of quest or goal. Never undervalue the people he meets along the way as he pursues the thing he's looking for.
Allies are classic archtypes. So are mentors. Everybody needs help. If a guy likes a girl and he's too shy to introduce himself to her, he needs someone to do it for him. It can be his best friend, a co-worker, a neighbor, a waiter--anyone who will somehow break the ice for him with the girl.
Sometimes these allies are full-fledged characters in the script, perhaps even involved in a sub-plot of their own. Other times, an ally can simply be the doorman of a building who's sole role n the script is to tell the hero that the girl is in. Or the friendly secretary who puts the guy through to the girl. Her sole dramatic purpose is to be the one who puts the main character in touch with the girl he wants.
These are small but crucial parts. Never understimate their value in your screenplays and in life.
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