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IRON AND BLOOD
In colonial-era Australia, outlaw Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly wants to be a normal man, not a despised caricature of a human being on a wanted poster, so he’s determined to harass the state, its troopers and the corrupt officials who want him dead to make his point. Wily and daring Ned runs rings around local authorities until those authorities form a dark alliance with the Comte, a strange visitor from Europe who secretly holds horrific supernatural abilities. Ned soon finds he has become the vehicle for an evil darkness to destroy his township and even his entire country.
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WHODUNIT – AKA – AMERICAN ABOMINATION BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T FREAKING READ AGATHA CHRISTIE*
Newly married and promoted, Lance Fielding must investigate the murder of a billionaire in a remote estate where nothing is as it seems.
*I made that title in fury as my classic Christie whodunit was universally panned by my writing group. They loved the title so much that I keep it in as it may end up selling it. This will be a page one rewrite to bring it up to the vomiting sweater movie palate. In case you’re wondering, the original working title was ‘From the Manor Borne’.
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My apologies, I thought the pre -work longline was asked for. The Assignment 1 is below:
Lieutenant Lancelot Fielding’s Transformational Journey
From this assignment I’ve learned that the investigator’s arc is just as if not more important than the plotting of clues and red herrings.
Fielding’s journeys:
Internal: From first generation cop uncertain in his identity to mastering his role by solving a diabolical crime.
External: From newlywed and new lieutenant to family man and confident authority(solved crime).
Old Ways: Cautious, solitary. Has friends but choses not to outshine them
New Ways: Confident and capable of delegation with friends and coworkers turned subordinates, able to shine and solve the crime.
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LADY BARBER
Memories of the First Lady Barber in a hick town in New Hampshire in 1963. Yogi Bishop a newly divorced single mother struggles to compete with the male barbers in her town. The male barbers gossip and spread rumors about her that aren’t true. Her husband wants her back and wants her to stop barbering. She’s ambitious and determined to succeed. She meets up with successful men who want to help her, but want something in return.
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Bernadette Wilson – Transformational Journey
What I learned in this assignment is that I know the character more than I thought I did. She’s flourishing within me as I answer these questions. I think this is a very character driven story.
Psychological Thriller – In New York City 1964, a PHD Psychology student helps the Male Dominated Police Detective Unit in finding out who killed her gay fiancee.
2. Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Character – Brinda Cage
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Internal Journey: She goes from an
afraid-of-the-world psychology student to a highly respected, charismatic,
uncanny individual.
</div><div>External Journey: She meets the
roughest people in all of NY society and gets them to talk and reveal secrets
of crime, murder and corruption, including her own teachers.</div>
3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
OLD WAYS:
1. Strictly By the book, but bohemian.
2. Conformed to academia as it is for survival reasons.
3. Comfortable within the confines of the contained, controlled psychology world.
4. She does not trust too many people, especially men.
5. Does not like leaving Greenwich Village too often.
6. Doesn’t open herself to love, except for her misfit patients.
7. She thinks she knows what happened to her parents.
8. She was a troubled youth because her mother abandoned her.
9. Her father put her away, but she escaped.
10. Hanging with societal misfits is safe for her.
11. Doesn’t date. Hangs out with gay people. Afraid of authority and straight white men who are like her father.
NEW WAYS:
1. She gains the respect of the Male Dominated NY Police Department and Detective Division for her keen eye for human psychology.
2. She begins to trust certain men within the Police department.
3. She begins to distrust her psychology professor and psychology community.
4. She begins to question and distrust her role in society.
5. She finds out she’s not alone in the world.
6. She finds out about what really happened to both her parents.
7. She helps find the killer of her gay fiancée.
8. She maintains her bohemian roots but grows up at the end.
9. She reconciles her lost life of her youth.
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Christopher Sequeira’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is…Identifying the before and after can expose nuances in a character’s thinking and behaviour which help figure out what kind of obstacles I’m going to have to demonstrate they face in themselves in the story.
LESSON 1: Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation? Ned Kelly: Outlaw to Saviour; Wanted Poster to Icon for Good. Identifying the before and after can expose nuances in a character’s thinking and behaviour which help figure out what kind of obstacles I’m going to have to demonstrate they face in themselves in the story. • External Journey: Outlaw, trying to bring down society transforms to man who will save society (even worst examples of people in it) from an existential supernatural threat, even if it costs his soul. Not trying to destroy his enemies, but stop an evil because its the right thing to do, no matter his personal cost. What are the Old Ways? Angry, fatalistic, righteous, destructive, suspicious, focussed on own plight and thinks that’s the world. Thinks love is pleasure, good times and alliance. What are the New Ways? Accepting of what he’s done to contribute to his problems; sense of responsibility not blame; must think of the community., and the whole world, knows what love is; it is sacrifice.
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Mike McCarthy Transformational
JourneyAnswer the question “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
“What I learned doing this assignment is…?”
ANSWER: I’M NOT SURE? However, when one breaks down the “bigger picture” of my protagonist into small more manageable parts, or beats, a CLEAR PICTURE and easy to understand path of the Protagonist does emerge! 🙂
ASSIGNMENT Monday June 7, 2021
You send a Hero on a journey that the audience gets to live.
1. Listen to the 3 minute Empowerment Audio FIRST.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a DONE/CHECK
2. Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Internal Journey: Shy, different but SPECIAL, teased and
bullied for being that way… TO being self-confident, a LEADER, full of strength
and wisdom. The one that everyone looks up to when times get impossible,
and someone who steps up to save the day, before everything is destroyed.External Journey: From being a shy, self-conscience introvert
to being confident leader loved by all who saves the day.3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
OLD WAYS:
WILLIAM starts the movie in his old ways.
· Self-conscience of being “different”.
· Shy and insecure with his special gift.
· Unsure.
· Doesn’t stand up for himself.
· Retreats to isolation.
NEW WAYS
In the end WILLIAM becomes “Everyone’s Hero”.
· Believes in himself.
· Realizes that he is SPECIAL.
· Brave and fearless.
. Gives his ALL to save
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JAYE’S TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY
What I learned is that the transformational journey is necessary to draw in an audience. A journey alone is not enough.
I’m still working this concept, so it s still in its infantile stages, but here’s what I decided to go with (of course, this is a first draft and is subject to changes and improvements!):
My Hero:
An arrogant superhero who thinks he’s perfect because he’s been blessed with charm and superpowers, one of which is insane good luck. He feels deserving of his unearned attributes. A freak accident causes a scrambling of superpowers and gives him a rude awakening.Internal Journey He will learn self-awareness and humility, and other things that I haven’t come up with yet.
External Journey: He will have to work with his antagonist to help restore what has gone wrong.
Old ways: Arrogance, privilege, elitism.
New ways: Humility, respect for fellow man, attitude of gratitude.
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K-onna’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is…
A clearer delineation between internal and external journey
Hero is Jane (generic name for now)Jane’s Internal Journey: from untrusting (of others and self) and fearful to trusting and courageous
Jane’s External Journey: from silent witness to testifying in court
What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Old: no relationships; afraid of everything; always prepared to run
New: friends, boyfriend, family; no longer afraid; settles in-
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Mary and Rich Chamberlin’s Script Transformational Journey
What we learned doing this assignment is brainstorming the internal and external journey of each of our main (protagonist) characters allows us to envision the comedic scenes that will organically sprout from these ironic setups.
Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Morty, a 60 YO widowed and recently downsized fireman who is 1 class short of earning his bachelor of arts degree, hocks everything except his jalopy and returns to college and his passion, writing screenplays. In Screenwriting 420 class he’s paired with Jax, a 20-something goof-off with an attitude, to complete a collaborative project, but their divergent POVs makes it likely they won’t make it to end of semester (let alone opening night) alive.
Morty
Internal Journey: From disillusioned, desperate and stuck in the past to relishing and celebrating a new life journey – of hope and letting go.
External Journey: From ignored cast off who’s out of sync with the world to a cool dude full of life.
Jax
Internal Journey: From unmotivated and introverted TO having a great purpose and ready to show the world.
External Journey: From throw away who is too timid/unconfident to seek love TO accepting responsibility for himself and others he loves.
3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Morty
Old: Throw away, naive, lonely, desperate, tech handicapped, disillusioned, stubbornly brave
New: Learns skills anew, Welcomes new love, unconditionally brave, collaborative
Jax
Old: Throw away, unmotivated, introverted, a bit desperate
New: Becomes brave, develops self worth, lets his talent shine, lets go of parental approval, collaborative
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MacNeith – Lesson 1 The Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment was creating ideas while doing the excessive and clarifying who my main character is, where they are coming from and who they become through their transformational journey.
My hero is James Gunn, a shy music teacher who falls in love with new teacher Marion.
Arc Beginning: Shy James likes Marion, but is fearful of her, feeling unworthy of a ladies love.
Arc Ending: James proposes to Marion and they have a Scottish wedding.
Internal Journey: James goes from being cowardly around women, especially with Marion, and becoming confident and brave.
External Journey: James is a prim and proper guy, and transforms into an emotionally stronger and handsomely scruffy Celtic rock bagpiper.
Old Ways: Lacks confidence with women
Perfectionist
Classical Musician
Fearful of marriage.New Ways: Self confident with women
Visionary
Bagpiper & Celtic rock musician
Proposes to Marion.What I learned doing this assignment was creating ideas while doing the excessive and clarifying who my main character is, where they are coming from and who they become through their transformational journey.
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Tyberius Asante’s Transformational Journey
Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Margo
Internal Journey: from being an idealistic romantic woman to a broken and shattered person desperate to survive.
External Journey: Beautiful idealistic housewife who is so beaten, broken, and disillusioned she will do anything she can to survive an impossible ordeal.
What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Old Ways
Loving wife
Romantic
Sense of humor
Shy and lighthearted
Unsure of herself
New Ways
Broken and disillusioned
Realist
Traumatized
Outspoken
Fearless survivor
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Karin
Hallén’s Transformational Journey.What I learned doing this assignment is what the internal challenges of my hero are and how and why they influence his behavior. I also learned where he needs to “land” after the character arch is complete and what changes need to take place internally for the external changes to be believable.
This
is a brand new idea that I’m starting with today. Genre
comedy/drama. Working title: “As You Wish”My
broad-stroke idea is this: A
failing and lonely self-help speaker gets an unexpected opportunity
to turn his life around when he finds a lamp containing a grumpy
genie who has one person left to grant wishes before he’s free to
retire.Here
are the answers to the questions we received a few days ago.My
Hero is: George, a failing personal development expert, public
speaker and writer on tour with his new book. His
improbably goal is to become successful and famous, which is
improbable due to his attitude and internal shortcomings.The
opposition is in his mind the genie who refuses to collaborate but
in reality his own beliefs, fears, and negativity.The
interesting world worth exploring is the dynamic between George
and the genie and their opposites leading to a gradual, reluctant
friendship and ultimately learning from each other. Another
interesting world to explore is how the self-help speaker’s modern-day take on personal development and happiness compares to how the genie’s. The genie has been trapped in the lamp for 3000 years, with all that time to
think, mature, and develop a treelike wisdom, yet it’s unaware of modern-day complications. And how the two clash and ideally
could merge for a greater whole.This
concept is unique because it is a different take on an odd couple
“buddy comedy” that I haven’t seen before.My
Hero is George, a self help writer, speaker, and teacher.Internal
Journey:From:
– weak
– misguided/lost
– needy
– insecure
– fearful
– lonely
and sad– whiny
to
– strong
– giving
– positive
– confident
– expansive
External
journey:Old
ways:– Whining
about circumstances and complaining.– Displaying
arrogance to hide feeling insecure.– Blaming
others and everything around him for failures.– Refusal
to see and confront his own shortcomings.– Acceptance
of failure and resignation.– Putting
up a fake facade and hiding behind a mask.– Constantly
comparing himself to others.– Afraid
to be honest, with himself and others.– Focused
primarily on receiving validation and on being seen as successful.– Takes
his frustration out on those he has power over.New
ways:– Having
the courage to trust that things can work out.– Takes responsibility.
– Courage
to be honest and act honestly.– Stands
up for himself.– Faith
in his abilities and in his message– Focus
on contribution and what he can give, rather than get.</font></font>– Confident
and worthy regardless of external validation.– Generosity
– Easygoing
and understanding of others.– Emerges
with a new understanding of life that “frees” him.– Going
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Gregory’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is… the importance of defining the character’s journey before delving into the plot.
Spud Bickman’s Character Arc that represents a transformation:
Internal Journey: Find the courage and self confidence to get the job he really wants (a member of the I-team, investigative reporters)External Journey: Grab hold of a story that will expose corruption in the DOT and the governor’s office
Spud’s Old Ways
Works the traffic beat, does what he’s told, doesn’t speak up for himself to his boss, avoids confrontation, afraid to pursue what he really wants
Spud’s New Ways
Investigative reporter, dictates what stories he does, speaks up for himself, not afraid of a fight, confident to pursue what he wants
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What I got out of this lesson: How to consider the things that will inform your character’s arc and how to empower my writing. I thought I knew my story, but putting it down like this will improve it a lot and help build the structure better. It is also helping me understand my characters and their motivations better.
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Working title: NEON WONDERLAND
A hopeful animated series about love, friendship, and acceptance. It follows an unlikely friendship between a young tree dragon and a raptor.
by: Kay Hundley
2. Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Entrysk (E) is a young tree dragon who befriends Violet (V), a young Raptor from outside the safe confines of the Sheltered Forest, where the tree dragons reside. They will all go through a transformation, including those in the clan that E holds dear.
INTERNAL JOURNEYS
E: From blindly believing in the traditions, proud with a disdain for anything different to accepting and fighting for things she took the time to get to understand.
Clan: From afraid of change and anything that may disrupt their way of life to being open to outsiders and new traditions.
Violet: From timid and afraid to strong and brave.
EXTERNAL JOURNEYS
E: Blindly follows mother and tradition, dreams of being an elder, frightened of anything different than what she knows to standing up for change and accepting things different than her, by befriending a Raptor.
Clan: Works to break up the friendship and rid the forest of this intruder to accepting and welcoming her.
Violet: Afraid to move without the protection of her special tree dragon friend, bit clumsy and inadvertently getting them into some trouble, to protecting her tree dragon and saving the missing dragon egg.
3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
OLD WAYS
E:
– A dislike for things outside what she already knows.
– Protects the raptor out of tradition of being the protector, pride.
– Believes (only) in the ways of the dragon clan
– Curious, but unwilling to do things outside the order of the clan elders/tradition
– Somewhat serious and rigid as she prepares for elderdom (someday)
Clan:
The tree dragons are a small clan with very prescribed ways of doing things. They are a happy community steeped in tradition, afraid of change, certainly dislikes outsiders.
V:
– Unsure and afraid, timid
– Doesn’t like to be left alone
– Always hides in E’s wing for protection
– Always the first to run from something
– Clumsy
– A bit goofy
NEW WAYS
E:
– Questions and stands up to authority
– Goes against tradition/teachings to go out of her way to be with the raptor and protect the raptor out of love and friendship.
– Suggests other possibilities than dragon lore
Clan:
– Accepts something – and someone – new to their community.
– Restructures some tenets/processes to bring raptor into their fold.
V:
– Fiercely fights to protect E when she gets into trouble
– Saves the missing egg (that she inadvertently knocks out of the nest)
– Leaves the comfort of Es wing to speak to the Elder dragons
– Gets serious about being with the dragon clan
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David Kithcart
By having to think and respond to the questions, I have thought more about the man’s destination rather than instances along the way of his journey.
Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Internal Journey: Form being unsure of his mental and spiritual stability to helping others obtain their own mental and spiritual stability. External Journey: From demon possession to being possessed by God.
3What are the Old Ways and New Ways? Torment as a wild man to peace as a gentle man.
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Stafford’s Transformational Journey
What I learned from this lesson is that your story is only as interesting as your lead’s journey. You have to take the reader/audience on a ride while they observe everything transpiring in the protagonist’s life. From he/she’s starting point — the obstacle/villain they have to face — strategizing a way for them to achieve whatever they’re trying to accomplish.
Hero/Protagonist: Mateo Vargas – A young software engineer, on the rise at his new job. He’s been engaged to his fiancé for 2 years. Things go left when Mateo makes a mistake; affecting he and those around him.
Internal Journey: He goes from witty and curious to ashamed and in fear of his life.
External Journey: Mateo cheats on his fiancé with Glorivette, and when he tries to break things off, Glorivette becomes aggressive, deranged, and an ominous-being who endangers Mateo and anyone who tries to come between them. Mateo tries to do everything in his power to stop Glorivette before it’s too late.
Old Ways: Witty, sharp, cheerful, curious, cheater.
New Ways: Survivalist, cautious, faithful, fearful, frustrated.
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Laura Woodworth’s transformational journey
Who is your hero and what is their character arc that represents a transformation?
Internal Journey: For Dell: from weak, afraid, hiding in insignificance and happy with that place – to strong, fearless, brave and committed like her grandmother Adelle
External Journey: For Dell: from a small-time photographer to a White House photographer, positioned to be the one who can save the country.
What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Old Ways for Dell:
· Ignorant of the corruption around her
· Naïve of the devices of the enemy and their deceptive friendship, using her
· Small time photographer
· Afraid, hiding behind her camera
· Doesn’t believe in herself and what she is capable of outside of her photography
· Naïve of her Jewish heritage and the bravery of her grandparents in the resistance movement of WWII
· Wary of Michael’s friendship and his Christian family
· Accepts things “as they are” and doesn’t see deeper into the corruption behind the government
New Ways for Dell: She becomes a modern-day Esther who can save the nation
Sees the corruption in the government, in the White House
Sees the deception of those using her, manipulating her
Recognizes the true friendship of Michael and his family, the Christian believers resisting the government
Understands the importance of the resistance and the cause
Finds out her heritage and the courage of her ancestors
Becomes courageous, brave and committed, willing to risk her life and position to save the nation
What I learned doing this assignment is to clearly define the transformational arc my lead character must go through for this story to be engaging. It also helped me better define the role of my character in this story.
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Judith Abingdon Transformational journey
What I learned during this assignment is :
I really need to flush out these characters, get them into my head, know what and how they think. Create their world, history, and future.
Juliet is my protagonist, she is a curious young female about to embark on adulthood in the explosive times of the ’70s, her previously sheltered life is at odds with what she is seeing on TV, in the news, and coming out of her radio. She must escape the small town mindset and the demands of her parents and experience life on a grander scale and become a new, freer version of herself.
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She must overcome the ritual expectations projected onto young people: go to college, get a job, get married, go into debt, lose yourself.
External Journey: She must gain confidence, speak up more, express her desires and ultimately make a big move.
3. What are the Old Ways:
obey the rules, only talk to certain types of people. follow the conventional route
New Ways:
be outgoing, make her own decisions, take risks, make her own kind of life
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What I have learned doing this assignment; The inner life journey breathes life into your character. It also gives relevance to why they do the things they do in the story.
Character: Kendra
Internal Journey
Kendra is a person who is hiding in plain sight. She lives alone and has a few relationships. Her biggest fear is that someone will find out her identity. Deep down inside she wants to change but fear keeps her in hiding.
External Journey
At the end of her journey, she realizes that she is strong and capable and does not need to be recued by anyone. Once she reveals her true self the fear disappears, and a fearless fighter is born.
Old Ways.
Guilt over past events.
Refuses to help anyone.
Afraid.
Unwilling to Love
New Ways
Tells her family what she did in the past and ask forgiveness.
Dedicates herself to helping other people.
Finds love and excepts love.
Strength
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Subject line: Daisy Khalifa’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment:
I learned more about character and the imperative of having your main character change, grow, and have a new worldview by the end. I learned that I must look for that progression and ensure it is happening, so that my story is engaging enough to keep viewers “rooting” for my hero.
Internal Journey:
Mia Pauley, 31, is a single girl who lives and works as far away from her family and hometown as possible. She cares about her family but wants distance, though she has not necessarily found happiness in her adopted hometown, and feels that she is “blocked” and unable to be in love, or have success. Instead, she is wild, has lovers, and lives life on the edge. She questions herself, her childhood and the emotional “damage” her family created and sustained for her and for themselves. By the end of the film, Mia has seen her family for all of their failures and accepts these serious flaws—she no longer wishes she could erase them or that they never happened. Mia breaks through her self-imposed barriers and her heart is open, her life is calm again and she sees clearly the gift she has been given of a good, happy life.
“From a carefree, self-destructive cynic to a self-respecting, confident woman.”
External Journey:
Mia is unsure, indecisive and lives life tentatively, full of worry and insecurity, though she is a good person. By the end, Mia has endured, through a chance cosmic encounter with a man from an earlier time in history, a view of her “alternate life and reality” and, while tempted to live it, makes an even more bold decision to accept what she was dealt. Mia’s encounter with alternate events of her life force her to make difficult decisions that further illustrate her capacity to do what is kind and loving and right with the universe.
“From indecisive, timid thinker in her own world to an experienced, informed observer and ‘traveler’ of time, who commandeers history and events over which she has control, and that she knows she can change for better or for worse.”
Mia OLD ways:
1. Passionate and wild; hiding low-self esteem.
2. Unclear, vague though intensely smart. Untapped, dormant talent.
3. Bitter, mad, judgmental.
Mia NEW Ways:
1. Peaceful and calm, resolved and free of heavy emotional worries.
2. Focused, successful, wiser; aware of her powers and intellectual gifts.
3. Capable of being in love.
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What I learned in doing this assignment is, that if I line up the Old/ New ways the character arc becomes MUCH clearer and also clarifies my objectives. I had too many other ‘things’ I was adding to the story that were not essential—the dialogue needs to tell the story.
I appreciate the ‘empowerment’ message from Hal. I also discovered that having the right mindset can be the key to my success!
Romance Genre
My Main Character is Peter. He is a lawyer for a firm in Chicago. Type-A personality who will discover that ‘letting loose’ a bit from conformity can be fun and rewarding.
Old Ways:
Likes routine, likes cold(er) weather, doesn’t veer out of his comfort zone too often, last girlfriend left him because she thought he was ‘boring.’ He feels he is solid, reliable, dependable. Not sure being impulsive is a good thing to be—or that it leads to good decisions. Likes doing things alone
New ways:
Challenges himself to embrace spontaneity Questions himself as to why he isn’t more impulsive (he becomes more impulsive to fun opportunities) Find that he likes warm-weather sports, Acts kinder. Falls for the girl… J
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Meg Stout’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is a quick way of getting an overarching view of what the “point” of the story will be.
For the 30 day screenplay, I’ll be working on a feature film adaptation of The Norman Queen.
My heroes are Emma of Normandy and Knutr of Denmark (aka Canute the Great).
Arc: Emma and Knutr start as pre-teens whose youthful attraction seems doomed by Emma’s betrothal to Prince Harald, a dynastic marriage intended to unite Normandy and Denmark.
By the end, Emma and Knutr have overcome intense opposition and unite to bring peace to the English kingdoms (of which Emma had become queen).
Internal Journey: Each has an internal journey taking them from marginalized young people to mature political operators.
External Journey: They start as young people whose lives are dictated by others and end as the royal person able to command their respective forces and negotiate a peaceful end to an extended war.
Old Ways
– Doing what they are told they must do
– Shy of expressing their feelings about the other, knowing it cannot be
– Naive about the international politics that govern their futures
New Ways
– Doing whatever it takes to secure peace for their families and peoples
– Bold, finding ways to unite despite serious complications
– Extremely knowledgeable about how to achieve the peace they both yearn for, both through their union, targeted mercy, and necessary killings
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Leo’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is that breaking down the journey and changes into smaller pieces helps see the character and creates new story ideas.
Martin, a young man who believes his movie star mother abandoned him, attempts to find her, only to discover that he was adopted and that he has a brother who is trying to kill his real mother. Martin, his newly discovered relatives, his girlfriend, and his adopted family are trapped in a creepy old house and Martin must figure out who to save before they are all killed by his chainsaw wielding brother.
Internal
Journey: From not taking anything seriously, to realizing the importance
of family and commitment.External
Journey: From the handyman that no one respects, to the savior of a family
he didn’t know he had.What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Martin’s Old Ways
Jokes about everything
Won’t make a commitment
Believes a lie about his familyMartin’s New Ways
Fights for his friends
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What I learned doing this assignment: honing in on “ways” that differentiate “before” and “after” can help clarify “the journey”…
Dream Man
Hero: Maid of Honor (yet unnamed)
Internal Journey: Passive, obsessed with fantasies/dreams about the self-centric best man in her friend’s upcoming wedding, avoiding personal growth—to active, awake to life’s unpleasantries and thereby able to effect healthy change in herself and others.
External Journey: From best friend’s shadow, perfectly executing the woman’s dream wedding—to an inspired “relationship expert” able to recognize both her own real ‘dream man’ and the realities everyone else in the wedding party desperately need to see.
Old Ways
· Passive, pleaser
· Distracting herself from unpleasant realities with fairytale fantasies
· Living from without rather than within
· Attracted to a jerk
New Ways
· Active teacher
· Living REAL, helping other people do the same
· Knowing and being herself
· Attracted to her true dream guy
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Robert Smith’s Transformational Journey.
“What I learned doing this assignment is…?” Is to write from my own experience of dreaming of visiting Egypt and actually being accepted as a student at the American University in Cairo.
Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Screenplay working title: TERAPHIM. Genre: Horror.
Protagonist (The Hero): NED GARNER is a shy nerdy-type who dreams of being an archaeologist.
His love interest asks him to speak with Dr. Benjamin Kendrick (professor of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Religions who is leading a University dig in Israel and may accept Ned on the dig.
Internal Journey:
The shy Ned Garner takes the plunge and asks Dr. Kendrick to accept him on the archaeological dig south of Jericho in Israel. Dr. Kendrick accepts him.
This brings even more confidence to Ned.
External Journey:
· Encouraged by his love interest Kaitlyn Rudolph, a fellow fledgling archaeologist, Ned takes the plunge and approaches the imposing Dr. Colin Kendrick to accept him on the archaeological dig south of Jericho in Israel. Dr Kendrick not only accepts Ned, but gives him added confidence by telling Ned why he wants to dig south of Jericho: A Bedouin had given him a gold coin with one word on it “Azazel” Dr Kendrick tells Ned, that the Bedouin showed him where he had found the coin. It was in front of a sealed cave. Which is where they will excavate. Dr. Kendrick is also an expert on ancient occult practices and reveals that the word “Azazel” is the name of a desert demon.
3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Ned’s old ways:
Shyness.
Lack of confidence.
Ned’s new ways.
Having confidence to pursue his dream of being an archaeologist.
Realizing that in his confidence he draws to himself an admired mentor’s recognition of his capability follow.
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Marc Armstrong’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is that by first defining the Character Arc and how the hero must change, the journey and plot will follow.
Who is the Hero and what is his Character Arc that represents a transformation?
Brock Creed – retired Navy SEAL and instigator of movement to help California captives escape.
· Internal Journey: From closed off emotionally to developing deep personal connections.
· External Journey: From a gruff and untrustworthy rescuer to a beloved leader who cares about his escapees.
What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
Old Ways:
· Closed off; unable to build relationships
· Mission-focused
· Obstinate; rejects others’ ideas
New Ways:
· Emotionally available
· Interested in others
· Learns to love
· Collaborative leader of men and women
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Mickey Gonzalez Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is getting to know who you are writing about. Getting a screenwriting technique down. The creative process is at work.
Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?
For Mark Fox:
Internal Journey: from a young life of non-violent and no problems to a troubled violent and fighting for what belongs to him.
External Journey: From a sought out young writer to being vigorously and overpower the high-up.
. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?
I have Mark living in his old ways.
· Not knowing possibilities for someone being after him for his work
· Young writer
· Believe in himself seeks out universities and high schools
· Wants his work to be read and sold
· Accepted by girls and a prostitute
· His psychological dominance over others
· His work is stolen
· Local police, deputies
I have Mark living in his new ways
· Can see the other side of the world
· He can become wealthy
· Can overpower the thieves
· Endure or face
· Brave
· make and achieve by fighting!
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Lora’s Transformational Journey
What I learned doing this assignment is that it is difficult to pull specific qualities out of thin air. Filling in the blanks was a lot harder than I anticipated, and I imagine these answers will change and be added to as I get further into this process.
My hero’s name is Phoenix, a kind-hearted romantic who finds the dating world to be hopeless and tragic.
Internal Journey: She will
learn how to overcome heartbreak and not lose herself in despair.
External Journey: She will get
really good at walking away from things not meant for her.Old Ways: Naïve,
people-pleaser, will take what she can get.New Ways: Jaded, strong, knows
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Protagonist Hero Main Character’s Name: Philip Morgan, MD: Transformational Journey
Character Arc:
Internal Journey: Dr. Phillip Morgan is a young surgeon who is also a trained as an emergency room physician. He in the initial part of this journey is a very timid physician who is subordinate and very unassuming. He feels insecure in his capabilities as a newly practicing physician. He is well-trained but now as a staff physician unsure of his abilities to save lives. He is timid and fearful of speaking up regarding some inappropriate care he has witnessed being delivered to patients.
External Journey:
Dr. Philip is forced to develop into a very confident, well-respected physician and surgeon. who considers himself and others consider him to be a patient advocate and health defender for the best health care that should be rendered for patients. His knowledge base, capabilities, communication abilities had expanded and matured.
Old Ways: poor communicator, insecure, unsure of himself as a physician and surgeon, subordinate, does not speak up, stands by even when observing inappropriate care that is being rendered to some patients, afraid, too timid to speak up.
New Ways: Leader, patient advocate, patient champion, community health champion for just health care for all, great communicator, confident, comfortable.
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SUBJECT: James E. Clark Transformational Journey
What I learned from this assignment: By distilling down the compare and contrast of the Internal/External Journeys and the Old/New Ways helps clarify the traits that my Protagonist is going to experience.
1. 3 Minute Empowerment: My empowerment moment comes from having a 4.0 at the local community college after getting out of the Army 1974-1975.
2. Carrie Waters Character Arc that represents “Transformation”.
a. Internal Journey: From a cynical concept of civilian life to enjoying the freedom.
b. External Journey: From a tough Navy NCP point of view to civilian life.
3. Old Ways and New Ways
a. Old Ways: Rigid schedule, gives/takes orders, cynical of civilians, lived in nice Navy housing, if it ain’t Navy it’s nuthin’
b. New Ways: Sets own schedule, gives/takes suggestions, civilians are great, lives in a van, civilian life is just as empowering as Navy life.
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LESSON 1: THE TRANSFORMATIONAL
JOURNEYWhat I Learned: There’s much
more to Maya than I initially thought. Because of her choice to
become a Sojourner, much of her personality changed as I focused more
on her character rather than the plot.MAYA
Internal Journey: From
dissatisfied, guilt-ridden, mildly suicidal, and resentful of her
family to more content, remorseful, appreciative of her family.External Journey: From a teen
girl to a space- and time-hopping Sojourner (and maybe back again)Old Ways:
Ignorant and dismissive of any
higher powerDissatisfied and bored with her
ordinary, provincial lifeWilling to stand up for those who
can’t stand up for themselvesFierce sibling rivalry with her
older sisterSick of her parents’ rules,
meddling, autocratic domination, etc.Inadvertently commits a crime and
hurts someone trying to get revenge for a friend, is afraid she’ll
be caught, feels guilt for her actionWants out of her life,
contemplates suicide, jumps at chance to be SojournerNew Ways:
Aware of higher power, embraces it
Finds joy and surprise in ordinary
life, still doesn’t love the everyday banalitiesSelfless and self-aware, still
wiling to stand up for othersRealizes how much her sister loves
her and how much she’s learned from herRealizes the depth of her parents’
love and her own love for her family, misses themDesires to make things right and
pay the price for her crimeHas been conflicted between
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30 DAY SCRIPT – ASSIGNMENT #1
What I learned during this assignment: Firstly, I loved the empowerment exercise, so now I’m inspired to finally write the Rom-Com I’ve been putting off writing for years. I am ready to write something rich, inspirational and new.
BUILDING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY: OUR AUDIENCE NEEDS TO CARE DEEPLY
TRANSFORMATION: CAUSING A LIFE-CAUSING SHIFT FOR A PERSON OR A THING
JOURNEY: A LONG AND DIFFICULT PROCESS OF PERSONAL CHANGE AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
“THE OLD WAY OF BEING” AND “THE NEW WAY OF BEING.”
1. ASSIGNMENT: WHO IS YOUR HERO – WHAT IS THEIR CHARACTER ARC THAT REPRESENTS TRANSFORMATION:
INTERNAL JOURNEY: JESSICA JOHNSON IS FORTY AND SUDDENLY LONGING TO HAVE A BABY, BUT FIRST SHE MUST FIND A PARTNER. SHE ALSO NEEDS TO MANAGE THE LARGE CLIENT BASE OF DEMANDING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS WHO KEEP HER LIFE SLAMMED 24/7.
EXTERNAL JOURNEY: SELF ACTUALIZED AND ACHIEVED, JESSICA HAS FOUGHT FOR EVERYTHING SHE’S EVER ACHIEVED. NOTHING HAS BEEN HANDED TO HER.
2. WHAT ARE OLD WAYS & NEW WAYS
OLD WAYS: SHY, UNASSUMING, HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND THAT’S ALL. SELF DEPRECIATING, BUT STILL CARRYING THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEDAY SOMETHING WONDERFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER TO LIGHT HER PATH AND HAVE SUCCESS IN ALL AREAS OF HER LIFE.
NEW WAYS: AFTER HER HUSBAND JAMES DIES, THIRTY- YEAR- OLD EVIE BECOMES AN OVERACHIEVING REAL ESTATE AGENT OUT OF NECESSITY, THEN ENDS UP LOVING THE HARD WORK, PRESSURE AND THE MONEY. WHEN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE DIPS INTO A DEEP RECESSION SHE DECIDES TO TACKLE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, GO TO BATTLE WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS NINETY-FIVE PERCENT MALE DOMINATED. BY YEAR THREE SHE GETS TO NAME HER PRICE IN THE BUSINESS, BUT HER PERSONAL WORLD STRUGGLES WITH THE WANING FIELD OF MEN AT HER DOOR. WHO CAN NAME HER PRICE AND ALSO HER EVER ESCALATING PATH TO SUCCESS.
MICHAEL SHOWS JESSIE THE ROPES IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD AND FALLS FOR HER.
HENRY THE NUMBER ONE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PRODUCER IS JESSICA’S MAIN COMPETITOR.
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30 DAY SCRIPT – ASSIGNMENT 2
What I learned from this assignment you can make this a process or just dive in and have fun with it.
Great Characters – – explorations outside the box. Simple decisions get elevated.
CHOOSE YOUR PROTAGONIST: JESSICA
CHOOSE YOUR ANTAGONIST: HENRY
SELECT YOUR GENRE: ROMANTIC COMEDY
CREATE PART 1 OF YOUR CHARACTER PROFILES:
1. JESSICA JOHNSON – PROTAGONIST: MICHAEL AND JESSIE BRING OUT THE BEST IN EACH OTHER.
EVIE JOHNSON IS A DREAMER WHO AT FORTY HAS EXPERIENCED MUCH OF LIFE’S ADVERSITY. BUT RATHER THAN LET IT STOP HER OR GET HER DOWN SHE USES THIS AS MOTIVATION TO GET WHERE SHE WANTS TO GO IN LIFE. SHE ALWAYS LOOKS FOR THE MIRACLE!
2. HENRY CHEN – ANTAGONIST
HENRY, AN OVER-EDUCATED RICH BOY, HASN’T A CLUE HOW TO ROMANCE A WOMAN, AND REFUSES TO LET A WOMAN SURPASS HIM IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SALES. HE CAN’T MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP FOR MORE THEN TWO MONTHS – THAT’S THE BREAKING POINT. AFTER BEING ASKED TOO MANY TIMES, HE FEARS HE COULD BE GAY.
3. HERO: MICHAEL FIORE – PROTAGONIST
MICHAEL IS THE COMMERCIAL BROKERAGE COMPANY NICE GUY WHO GOES OVERBOARD TO HELP JESSICA TRANSITION INTO THE NEW JOB. WHEN HE NAME DROPS THAT HENRY IS THE COMPANY’S TOP PRODUCER, JESSICA GETS AS MUCH INFO ON HIM AS SHE CAN. APART FROM WORK, MICHAEL IS INSENSED WITH ITALIAN COOKING AND CUISINE.
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30 Day Script – #3
Assignment: Character Profiles
What I learned doing this assignment is, how important it is to get these traits, feel them all the way down to your fingertips and breathe them into each of your characters.
What draws us to this character?
JESSICA:
Traits: She is impulsive, thinks she can do anything, even when she hits a wall.
Subtext: Her negative childhood has prepared her to be ready for anything.
Flaws: Shyness that she always manages to camouflage with bravado.
Values: Her sense of loyalty makes her the best friend, and agent in the world.
Irony: Real estate requires a bravado she still does not believe she has.
MICHAEL:
Traits: He is a pleaser who is invested in this. He sells real estate to pay the but would prefer to be chef-ing.
Subtext: He’s Italian – so at heart he’s a lover!
Flaws: He’s a pleaser even when this is not the best choice for him.
Values: His Italian grandfather has instilled the old fashioned values to honor the family first.
Irony: Although he is a pleaser he draws the line when it comes to chef-ing. He alone is the master in his kitchen.
HENRY:
Traits: He has to always be number one, will do just about anything to stay on top. Even though he falls hard for Jessica he still needs to beat her every month with his sales volume.
Subtext: Except for a very loving, doddering grandmother, he has never really been loved. His father has always rejected him. His top producer career pursuit is about showing his father.
Flaws: He is fastidiously clean to the point of obsessive.
Values: He values family and his life is driven by their expectations of him.
Irony: He appears stiff and formal he is a great dancer – it’s what he really wants to do.
SHIRLEY: (Jessica’s mother)
Subtext: She pushes Jessica into her achievements but all she really wants is to be a grandmother
Flaws: She talks too much, wears her heart on her sleeve.
Values: Her family values are not to be questioned.
Irony:
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30 DAY SCRIPT – ASSIGNMENT #4
RAE’S CHARACTER INTERVIEWS:
What I learned this assignment is … this conversation never runs out. Problem is I run out of steam and want to get onto the next thing.
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CHARACTERS. GAIN MORE CLARITY ON LEAD CHARACTERS & THE STORY.
INTERVIEW YOUR CHARACTERS:
SELECT A CHARACTER – HAVE A CONVERSATION – THEY ARE WILLING TO ANSWER ANYTHING!
USE THE 12 QUESTIONS ON PAGE 2.
PROTAGONIST: JESSICA JOHNSON
Tell me about yourself – I’m shy, unspoilt, someone who does not expect to be given something for nothing. I have worked for everything I have ever gotten so far in my life.
Why do you think you were called to this journey – why you?
God works in mysterious ways. But really I have always though I have something special to contribute.
You are up against —- what is it about them that makes this journey more difficult for you?
Purely because they are men and all have a historical advantage just because they were born men. There have not been too many of them I have looked up to so far in my life. Except for my dear brother, that is.
To survive/accomplish this – are you going to step outside of your box? What changes do you need to make? Which is the most difficult?
I will need to educate myself. I will need to do more than the “less than average man.”
What habits or ways of thinking will you have to let go of?
Co-dependancy. As children, I relied a lot on my sister to take the lead and pave the way for me.
What fears, insecurities, wounds have you held back?
Shyness, self-consciousness, as I sat back and watched my sister excel in most areas.
What skills or expertise make you suited to face this conflict or antagonist?
Lately, when confronted with a challenge I rise to the occasion and have no idea where the courage comes from.
What are you hiding from the other characters? What do you not want them to know?
That I came from lower middle class and worked hard for everything I have today. That I am not as confident as I appear. I put on a good act.
Tell me your side of this conflict/ story?
I have already proved myself in the real estate world. Why should I have to grovel to these men in the commercial real estate biz?
What does it do for your life if you succeed here?
It’s all about me proving myself to me – and maybe my sister who didn’t even have to try – life just fell into her lap.
Ask any other Q’s that will help you.
ANTAGONIST: HENRY CHEN
Tell me about yourself –
Well, I grew up a spoilt little Asian kid who got everything he wanted, except the love of his father. It didn’t matter how hard I tried, I was never good enough. School wasn’t easy either – I was always the odd kid in the class room. Just a nerd. So I set out to prove my father wrong and did so. Women were never easy to get to know let alone romance one.
Why do you think you were called to this journey – why you?
To prove myself to my family and then maybe grow up and free myself of them. Maybe find the woman who will help me do this?
You are up against —- what is it about them that makes this journey more difficult for you?
I have created an image that I have it all. This macho real estate savant, but all I really want to do is write my poetry.
To survive/accomplish this – are you going to step outside of your box? What changes do you need to make? Which is the most difficult?
Yes, I should, but I don’t know how. Never had a role model for success.
What habits or ways of thinking will you have to let go of?
Holding back in my personal life. Making real estate my everything. Terrified of girls, women.
What fears, insecurities, wounds have you held back?
It all started with my father. All I wanted was his time, and his love – but he was always running his stupid market.
I was never validated by my father, except maybe for a few college professors.
What skills or expertise make you suited to face this conflict or antagonist?
I’m smarter than most. That the only thing that has gotten me strokes so far in my life.
What are you hiding from the other characters? What do you not want them to know?
When I graduated college summa cum laude, I was a nerd who knew nothing about life and just wanted to write poetry.
What do you think of? You mean besides the next deal — women, how to find a lover and a wife.
Tell me your side of this conflict/ story?
I need to be on top of my game in this business, always on top. That’s the only way I know.
What does it do for your life if you succeed here?
I will always have more of a life than my father. If I find the right woman, maybe I’ll forget this business and go live in Tokyo. Or maybe I’m gay?
Ask any other Q’s that will help you.
PROTAGONIST: MICHAEL FIORE
Tell me about yourself –
Why do you think you were called to this journey – why you?
You mean why am I a pleaser who always comes off second best? I don’t know how it happened. I suppose my mother protected me a tad too much from getting hurt by life.
You are up against —- what is it about them that makes this journey more difficult for you?
When my father and then my brother died my passion for just about anything in life was lost in me. I spent most of my life trying to make it up to my mother. You could say women have kind of dominated me.
To survive/accomplish this – are you going to step outside of your box? What changes do you need to make? Which is the most difficult?
Stand up for my deservingness. Own my talent. Be a great chef.
What habits or ways of thinking will you have to let go of?
Always worrying about my mother’s well being and happiness.
What fears, insecurities, wounds have you held back?
I’ve had to be the man in my family and always felt I was not enough.
What skills or expertise make you suited to face this conflict or antagonist?
I need to outsmart Henry and win Jessie’s heart. She’s the one.
What are you hiding from the other characters? What do you not want them to know?
That I have been dependent on women most of my life – I am not a leader.
What do you think of?
Cheffing.
Tell me your side of this conflict/ story?
I know Henry does not have the social skills I have, especially around women. May the best man win.
What does it do for your life if you succeed here?
I get the girl and gain my own self respect.
Ask any other Q’s that will help you.
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30 DAY SCRIPT #5 (USE THIS TO START WRITING SCRIPT)
What I learned doing this assignment is you have to jump in and just go with it. If I try to organize my thought too much there is not much there to write about.
CONCEPT:
A woman sets out to prove herself in the male dominated world of commercial real estate and then learns she has the power to rise above all of them.
MAIN CONFLICT
Jessie is a top achiever who does not know how or where to stop. Until she decides to tackle the male dominated field of commercial real estate.
OLD WAYS
Jessie couldn’t wait for deals to be handed to her, instead she would go knock on doors and make it happen.
NEW WAYS
Now that she’s a rookie in the new residential income real estate field Jessie learns she has to wait for the office manager to hand her the leads… and has to adjust to this.
ACT 1
OPENING
Until now, residential real estate sales have provided Jessie a good income, but now that she is a solo parent she must earn more income and find a new challenge.
TURNING POINT
Jessie takes on Commercial real estate, puts a deal together the first week. It looks like this is her new skill set, until – she finds out all of the leads are being funneled to the top producing agent.
ACT 2
NEW PLAN
She invents a way to gain direct access to southern California property owners – start her own handiman service company. So she straps on a nail belt and starts pounding nails.
PLAN IN ACTION
Jessie takes to building repairs and remodel like an expert, soon earns the property owners trust and respect. Her contracts have an added clause where her owners agree to a listing if ever the owner was to sell. Her first listing is excruciating but soon she lists and sells another and another. Hires several workmen to help make the repairs.
MIDPOINT TURNING POINT
At the end of Jessie’s first year she has listed so many properties she earns “Rookie of the Year” and starts up a team of agents. Henry, the company’s top producer, is so jealous he asks her out under false pretenses and tries to pick her brain. They have a mutual interest, Haiku. Challenge each other with poems every day. Henry falls in love with her but she learns he has been stealing her client names and breaks her ties with him.
ACT 3
RETHINK EVERYTHING
Now that Jessie is on top, surpassing Henry. Something is missing. She wants a little brother for her daughter. Goes looking for sperm donors.
NEW PLAN
Jessie hits a wall, needs a break, takes off to a state park in a motor home with seven year old Ally. Rethinks her business. Decides she wants to spend more time with Ally. While fishing meets – from the office. Who it turns out knew where she was heading and followed her.
TURNING POINT/ HUGE FAILURE/ MAJOR SHIFT
This new nature world is so welcoming Jessie wants to stay. Another reason is Ally has bonded with Michael. Still she has client obligations that are pressing. Some are looking for her. So finally she returns to the office and —
ACT 4
CLIMAX/ ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF THE CONFLICT
Jessie is pregnant and Michael is the father. But she finds out at one point in desperation he stole a one of her leads and she has to rethink the relationship.
RESOLUTION
Not there yet —
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30 DAY SCRIPT – DAY #6
What I learned doing this assignment is, if you let it, this process can take you deep into the psyche of your characters and therefore helps you understand them.
LIST 6 TO 8 CHANGES CHARACTER HAS TO MAKE
1. SHE HAS TO BELIEVE IN HERSELF
2. FACE IT THAT SHE HAS TO WORK HARDER AND SMARTER TO GET THE LEADS
3. SHE HAS TO PUT TOGETHER A GAME PLAN – EXPOSE OFFICE MANAGER
4. SHE LOVES THE HAIKU CHALLENGE WITH HENRY – BUT STILL HAS TO BEAT HIM AT HIS GAME
5. SHE’S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BUT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH – NOW SHE WANTS TO GET PREGNANT
6. A CONFIDENT HAS BEEN STEALING HER LEADS – WHO IS THIS?
7. FOR THE SPERM DONOR – SHOULD SHE ENGAGE WITH MICHAEL OR HENRY
8. SHE GOES ON A TV DATING GAME
9. SHE HAS TO DECIDE BETWEEN HENRY AND MICHAEL AND THE DATING GUY
CHARACTER ARC – OLD WAYS, NEW WAYS
1. FALLS INTO LINE – LETS HER COMMPETITION TAKE ADVANTAGE
2. TAKES WHATEVER THE MANAGER DISHES OUT
3. DECIDES KIDS ARE NOT FOR HER – AT FORTY SHE’S TOO OLD TOGET PREGNANT
HER STEPS – EASIEST TO MOST DIFFICULT
1. SHE KNOWS CONTRACT AND HOW TO SELL – BUT NOT IN A MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY
2. SHE HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR A SPERM DONOR – BUT WHEN LOVE ENTERS THIS EQUATION
3. SHE KNOWS HENRY HAS STOLEN HER LEADS – BUT NOW THAT THEY ARE SO CLOSEHOW DOES SHE TELL HIM?
4. HENRY IS IN LOVE – BUT IF HE TELLS HER HE STOLE HER LEADS HE WILL LOSE HER.
DRAMATIC EVENTS THAT COULD CAUSE CHANGES
1. WHEN JESSIE STRAPS ON A TOOL BELT HER LIFE CHANGES
2. JESI CALLS THE MANAGER ON HIS METHOD OF HANDING OUT THE LEADS
3. JESI TAKES OFF TO THE FORREST AND RUNS INTO — to be continued
** ADD THESE TO MY 4 ACT STRUCTURE
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30 DAY SCRIPT – DAY 7 (LIST THE MAIN BEATS OF ANTAGONIST)
THE THEME: LIFE TAKES TOO MANY TURNS
What I learned in this assignment is, when I let the story flow in beats through these two characters… the ideas just kept coming and wouldn’t stop.
PASS #1
INTERWEAVE THE THEME THROUGH OUT THE BEAT SHEET:
1. JESI THINKS ALL SHE WANTS IS TO KEEP EXPANDING HER REAL ESTATE SKILLS BY SURROUNDING HERSELF WITH MEN SHE CAN LEARN FROM.
2. SHE LEARNS IT’S NOT THAT EASY, FINDS THE MEN ARE NARCIIISISTS WHO GUARD THEIR EVERY CLIENT LEAD.
3. SHE’S SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED THAT SHE APPEARS THIS BIG A THREAT TO THEM.
4. JESI LEARNS TO PLAY THEIR GAME. MISLEADS THEM INTO THINKING SHE IS SOFT HEADED AND EASY PREY.
5. HER HANDIMAN BUSINESS BECOMES HER BIGGEST DISTRACTION – DRIVES HER MALE COMPETITORS CRAZY.
6. WHEN HER CLIENT BASE GAINS MORE MOMENTEM THAN THE TOP PRODUCERS.
7. JESI GETS THE MANAGER AND BROKER’S ATTENTION WHEN SHE GAINS TOP PRODUCER STATUS.
8. SUDDENLY HER PURSUITS ARE REPLACED WITH A DESIRE FOR MOTHERHOOD. JUST ONE BABY, THAT’S ALL SHE WANTS BUT IT HAS TO HAPPEN SOON FOR SHE’S TURNING FORTY.
9. SHE STARTS AN ON-LINE SEARCH – “IT’S LOVE AT FIRST LOG IN!”
10. NOW SHE’S PREGNANT AND ALSO JUGGLING THE CAREER AND HANDIMAN BIZ. MICHAEL JUMPS IN TO HELP AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP CHANGES. SUDDENLY HE’S MORE INTERESTING TO JESI THAN THE SPERM DONOR.
PASS #2
BUILD IN THE ANTAGONIST JOURNEY
1. HENRY IS IMPRESSED AT FIRST AS JESI STARTS BUILDING HER CLIENT BASE. BUT THIS SOON TURNS TO A GUARDED ATTEMPT TO HIDE HIS CONTACTS FROM HER AND NOT SHARE ANY OF HIS PROSPECTS OR HIS LEADS.
2. HENRY COERSES THE OFFICE MANAGER, MAKES UP A STORY, JESI IS TOO HORMONAL, DEVOID OF ANY PURPOSE OR STRUCTURE – A TYPICAL FEMALE, ALL OVER THE BOARD.
3. BUT ONCE “JESI’S HOME HELP BIZ” TAKES OFF AND IS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL HENRY IS WORRIED. HIS CLIENTS ARE BECOMING HER CLIENTS WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.
4. HENRY STARTS STALKING JESI – LOOKING FOR CLUES AS TO HOW SHE PULLED THIS OFF – HOW COULD SHE BE SO SUCCESSFUL?
5. HENRY DECIIDES TO CAPTIVATE HER IN OTHER WAYS – THROUGH HIS HAILU.
6. HE STARTS HIS DAY BY WRITING A HAIKU TO HER – THEN STARTS WRITING THEM WITH HER DAILY – LOOKS FOR COMPETITIONS – ANYTHING TO DISTRACT HER FROM THE BUSINESS.
7. WHEN SHE ASKS HIM TO BE A SPERM DONOR IT SLAYS HIM – HE LOOKS AT HER DIFFERENTLY – THEN FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER.
8. WHEN HENRY TELLS JESI HE LOVES HER HE LOSES HER. SHE DOESN’T HAVE TIME FOR A MAN. BESIDE WHEN SHE ADDS A NEWBORN CHILD TO HER AGENDA ALL OF HER TIME WILL BE INVESTED THERE
9. HE’S HURT, REJECTED – HE REVOLTS AND SHUTS DOWN THEIR HAIKU ADVENTURE. BUT HE MISSES HER MORE THAN SHE MISSES HIM.
10. HENRY’S JEALOUS BECAUSE JESI HAS MOVED ON TO MICHAEL, BROUGHT HIM INTO HER HOUSE HELP BUSINESS – AND NOW MICHAEL HAS ALSO BEEN BUSY CONVINCING HER TO HAVE HIS BABY.
11. HENRY’S ONLY HOPE IS TO OFFER JESI A SHARE OF HIS CLIENTS JESI AND A PARTNERSHIP. OR ELSE HE FEELS ALL IS LOST. THROUGH ALL THIS HENRY IS SOFTENING, NOT SO CUT THROAT, AND EVERYONE IS NOTICING THIS CHANGE BUT HIM.
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