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Cleveland City Screenplay: The Central Characters and the Matriarch

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    "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."  - Khalil Gibran  I'm thrilled to share with you the central characters of Cleveland City! Most first originated a decade ago and but they just now coming to life, telling me their backstory, their motivation, their struggles and their secrets. All families have secrets and the lives we mortals live, keeps of these secrets, at a certain point understand that either we risk bringing the truth to life or those very secrets destroy us, from within.  Whether Patricia Arquette, who won Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood or Julia Roberts for her Best Actress Oscar portrayal of real life single mom Erin Brokovich , in both films, these two mothers went digging for an honest life, not just for themselves, but also for their children. That's what true character is about. I love my characters. They are flawed yet motivated, broken yet stro...