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Lesson 2
Protagonist: Fighter
JOLYN
No. You need Troy for your security. I don’t. All my life I had to choose between feeling secure and taking my chances. Security has brought me nothing but heartache and loss. I lost my father. I lost my husband. I am risk at losing my house, and my mind. I am no longer putting my security in the hands of anyone else, but me. From now on, I am running my business, and no one, not even you, will stand in my way.
Antagonist: Authority
TROY THOMAS
What makes you think that anyone will take you seriously? You are a housewife with no experience in running this business. This is not a comedy club. I’ll rather quit than work under you.
Supporting characters:
Joe Robichaux
Charlotte Logan
Minor Roles:
Zenobia
Background characters:
Bankers
Business managers
Secretary
Airport authority workers
Ice cream workers
Genre: Drama
Jolyn Robichaux
Role in the story: Determined overcomer. A risk-taker who understands her market but is sometimes easily swayed. A businesswoman trying to project strength in a man’s world.
Age range and Description: Female, early 40’s, curvy figure, speaks with authority.
Internal Journey: From feeling stuck after the loss of her husband and the risk of losing everything to become a successful entrepreneur, winning the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1985 presented by VP George H. Bush in 1987 at the White House.
External Journey: From a clueless housewife to a confident executive taking on big businesses, barrier-to-entry, sexual discrimination, and racism.
Motivation: To lead a profitable successful business.
Wound: She is a woman in a time when women were not welcomed or have a leading role in business.
Mission/Agenda: To turn the company into a multimillion-dollar profitable organization.
Secret: Her failure to cut her rate of high expenses draining the business.
What makes them special? Her ability to face adversity head on and turn it into a strategic game of chess.
Troy Thomas
Role in the story: Male chauvinist. Manager who views a woman’s role as restricted to the house and being submissive to men in the workplace.
Age range and Description: Male, 30’s. African American with handsome facial features.
Internal Journey: Secretly afraid that he may become irrelevant.
External Journey: From losing his job to spending his time trying to bring down Jolyn Robichaux.
Motivation: He is motivated to prove that Jolyn Robichaux cannot lead the company.
Wound: He was defeated by a woman once before.
Mission/Agenda: To get back to managing the business.
Secret: vengeance
What makes them special? He brilliant at motivating others to do his dirty work.
Lesson 2 definitely help me see clearly the need for a structure that
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