Psychological Character Development You can allude to a variety of production components when writing about how a character is built and evolved, such as camera methods, acting, mise-en-scene and visual composition, editing, lighting, and sound (including music and dialogue). These components help create the illusion that we are watching a movie rather than reading a book. Character development occurs over time as a result of interactions between the individual characters in the story and their environment. Characters grow through experience, which shapes who they are today compared to who they were earlier in the story. Characters also change due to an internal struggle within themselves caused by their feelings for others. In "The Unconscious Mind" (1914), Sigmund Freud argues that much of our behavior is determined by things that we do not know or remember doing. He calls this process "the unconscious mind". Using examples from his own work, he shows how the unconscious mind affects us even when we think we are acting rationally. People show their character through their actions. These actions can be good or bad, depending on whether they are being used for right or wrong purposes. The writer develops the character by showing how these actions affect the person physically and psychologically. They do this by describing what the character does (action) and then explaining why he or she does it (cause).