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Day 3 Assignments
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ASSIGNMENT #3: CREATING YOUR THRILLER WORLD:
Subject Line: Catherine Johnson’s World and Characters!
What I learned doing ths assignment is: “I needed a Red Herring. I liked the twist/sub-plot that creating the Red Herring made.”
One part of the World is at Billy’s work area, JFK Airport, US Customs incoming tarmac/cargo/quarantine storage (fenced) areas.
Billy’s basement apartment in the Bronx; other areas within the building.
Restaurants in the East Village
Apartments of several victims.
The Detective’s home in Brooklyn.
Times Square, New Year’s Eve
Alley in Hell’s Kitchen
Billy’s Mother’s apartment in Manhattan.
1. Remind us of your CONCEPT: Log: Some killers slip through the cracks.
Big Mystery: The Detective has to first determine if a crime is happening and then try to identify/find the weapon and the killer.
Big Intrigue: What is the covert, clandestine, underhanded plot that will live under the surface for most of the movie? Will this killer slip through the cracks?
Big Suspense: What is the main danger to your Hero that will continue to escalate throughout the script? The Detective could also be a victim at any time…and/or so could her daughter.
2. Tell us the Intriguing World you have selected for this story.
3. With your top 2 or 3 characters, tell us the role they play and then answer these three questions:
Characters:
VILLAIN: Billy Rogers: New York transplant born in Oklahoma. His hobby is caring for stow-away critters he finds in shipments at work. Most of them are harmless. Really.
Billy seems shy but he just doesn’t have much social experience; not very good with women, but he’d love to find a caring mate if such a thing exists.
HERO: Detective Erin Harrigan, NYPD Homicide Detective. Iraqi War Veteran. Does not like pests.
Also possible HERO: Elizabeth Harrigan, Detective Harrigan’s teenage daughter. Sixteen going on twenty. Like any teen, thinks she’s bullet-proof. Loves exotic pets. Not fond of New York City.
RED HERRING: Co-worker, JIM. He’s been “siphening off” incoming goods and his team becomes the focus of US Custom’s Investigation and his boss’ death.
4. What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
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Kannan Menon Creating the World, Characters with MIS
“What I learned doing this assignment is that working out the MIS details informs and changes the initial narrative set-up so that your logline becomes simpler and more direct?”
LOGLINE:
A young woman (Asha) from Malaysia, now living in New York, runs into her former married lover (Zayeed) from the old country. That relationship ended badly. Maya is confused by Zayeed’s mixed signals and her own responses. Now married to David, she never disclosed her affair to her husband. She is not aware that after she left for America, Zayeed was involved in running a US$12 Billion dollar swindle in Malaysia and that Zayeed is now engaged in laundering the swindle proceeds in US businesses. Asha gradually discovers that being involved with Zayeed may have terminal consequences for her marriage and her life as well.
Big
Mystery: What
is Zayeed doing in New York and why does he want to involve Asha in his business
or in his personal life?
Big Intrigue: How does Zayeed launder money from
a $12B swindle with Asha’s help?
Big Suspense: Will Asha marriage be compromised
because of her renewed relationship with Zayeed and will she be set up to
take the fall or be killed because of what she knows?2. Tell us the Intriguing World you have selected for this story.
The world of money-laundering ill-gotten gains channeled through offshore entities to shield the true owners with such funds invested in high-end real estate or movies.
3. With your top 2 or 3 characters, tell us the role they play and then answer these three questions:
ASHA: The hero. She is trapped into helping her old lover to launder millions from a swindle, which causes her marriage and her life to be endangered.
What is the mystery of this character: How can she overcome her sense of guilt from her affair with Zayeed, who is her high-school classmate’s step-father, an affair she has never disclosed to her husband.
What is the intrigue of this character? Asha has to figure out why there is so much secretiveness with regards to aspects of the funds being invested and how this puts her into a dangerous position.
What is the suspense of this character? Will she fall back into an affair with Zayeed and endanger her marriage, and is she and her husband in personal danger and if so, how will she escape it?
ZAYEED: The villain. He was the principal architect of a swindle perpetrated by senior members of the Malaysian government which eventually brought down the government.
What is the mystery of this character: What actions has he done to protect himself and his principals over the last five years?
What is the intrigue of this character? How will he induce Asha to help him launder the money and to resume their romantic relationship even though she is now married.
What is the suspense of this character? When push comes to shove, how far will Zayeed go to protect his principals?
David: Asha’s husband, who gradually realizes his wife is in big trouble and that she has not be totally truthful with him.
What is the mystery of this character?
Will he be able to get over his wife’s non-disclosure of her prior affair especially since he is engaged in an affair of his own.
What is the intrigue of this character?
His law firm has been engaged in tracking down proceeds of the swindle but will he realize that Zayeed is one of the principal architects of the swindle.
What is the suspense of this character?
Will he come clean with Asha and or leave her for his lover?
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Subject Line: Kim J’s world and characters
Big Mystery: What happened when Sage entered the world of her graphic novel?
Big Intrigue: Is Sage a captive of an evil organization bent on destroying humanity, or is she the captive of something/someone else altogether?
Big Suspense: Can Sage free herself and save humanity, or is her quest merely the product of a disordered and delusional mind?
The Intriguing World: The world is one Sage created in her gritty graphic novel “The Federation West.” It’s a pseudo-authoritarian government world of bureaucracy, hierarchy, authority, dominance, and subservience.
PROTAGONIST SAGE:
A. What is the mystery of this character?
Is she trapped in the graphic novel she created? Or is she trapped somewhere else? Is it a dream? A delusion?
B. What is the intrigue of this character? Is Sage rational or delusional?
C. What is the suspense of this character? Can she free herself from her captors, publish her manuscript, and shut them down to save humanity?
RED HERRING VILLAIN SVEN
A. What is the mystery of this character? Why does he want Sage to rewrite a critical battle depicted in her graphic novel?
B. What is the intrigue of this character? Who does Sven work for, and why does he wield so much power over Lindsey?
C. What is the suspense of this character? Will Sven coerce Sage to rewrite her novel to his satisfaction, allowing him to succeed in his mission?
FALSE MENTOR/TRUE VILLAIN LINDSEY
A. What is the mystery of this character? Why did Lindsey befriend Sage in the first place? What does she want from Sage?
B. What is the intrigue of this character? Why does Lindsey bring Sage to the Federation West Center? What is her real motivation?
C. What is the suspense of this character? Will the Sage discover Lindsey is the true villain in the story?
JEROME “J.J.” JACBOS (cool supporting character)
A. What is the mystery of this character? Publisher/Owner of a boutique firm, Alkaloid Publishing, who showed interest in Sage’s novel. Why is he also intercepted and brought to the Fed West?
B. What is the intrigue of this character? Is J.J. intercepted and brought to the Fed West Center because he knows too much about the evil plan from Sage’s novel?
C. What is the suspense of this character? Can he help Sage to escape and publish her manuscript?
MENTOR DIANA (cool supporting character)
A. What is the mystery of this character? Why did the Fed West intercept her?
B. What is this character’s intrigue? Is she J.J.’s editor at Alkaloid Publishing or another actor in the nefarious Fed West plot?
C. What is the suspense of this character? Will Lindsey kill Diana to prevent her from discovering the truth about her true identity?
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Subject line: Alan’s World and Characters!
What I learned doing this assignment: I need more character development.
1. Remind us of your CONCEPT and the Big M.I.S. of your story.
Big
Mystery: Who abducted Jay’s half-sister,
Holly Sampson, and where did they take her? <div><b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Big
Intrigue: The
myriad of ruses used by traffickers to entrap unsuspecting girls into
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Suspense:
Will Orlando kill Jay and abduct/sell Erin?2. Tell us the Intriguing World you have selected for this story.
The sordid world of date-rape drugs, sex trafficking, truck-stop semitrailer brothels, and selling women on the dark web.
3. With your top 2 or 3 characters, tell us the role they play and then answer these three questions:
HERO: JAY CROCKETT
A.
What is the mystery of this character?How can he find/rescue his sister?
B.
What is the suspense of this character?Will the sex traffickers kill him?
C.
What is the intrigue of this character?Will Jay’s messy love interests prevent him from saving his sister?
VILLIAN: ORLANDO SKODA
A.
What is the mystery of this character?Will he abduct/sell Erin?
B.
What is the suspense of this character?Will he be captured/killed by the police?
C.
What is the intrigue of this character?The many successful ruses his team uses to abduct girls.
VICTIM: ERIN RAYNOR
A.
What is the mystery of this character?Will she be able to evade/escape the traffickers?
B.
What is the suspense of this character?Will she be abducted and sold into sex slavery?
C.
What is the intrigue of this character?Will she sneak away from the police and/or Jay?
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Diana’s World and Characters!
What I learned: I need to elevate the world this story takes place in. Not sure it’s enough. I also need to make some of the characters more unique to this story.
1. Remind us of your CONCEPT and the Big M.I.S. of your story.
Concept: Corrections psychiatrist turns into a vigilante while trying to track down her husband’s killer.
Big Mystery: What did Sarah’s husband have on the killer? (What was in that note he left her and what is on that microchip?)
Big Intrigue: Sarah’s best friend is the killer. (Audience’s POV) Or Who killed Jeff? (Sarah’s POV)
Big Suspense: Will Sarah catch her husband’s killer before the killer catches her?
2. Tell us the Intriguing World you have selected for this story. Right now it is the world of correctional psychiatry. Needs elevating, though.
3. With your top 2 or 3 characters, tell us the role they play and then answer these three questions:
• A. What is the mystery of this character? Sarah: She can program people to do whatever she wants with her mind. William: Why did he have Jeff killed? Bobby: Why is he working for Jeff?
• B. What is the suspense of this character? Sarah: Will she catch the killer? William: Will he stop Sarah? Bobby: Will he get caught by Sarah or Jeff?
• C. What is the intrigue of this character? Sarah: Breaks bad to solve her husband’s murder and becomes a vigilante who programs others who are set free from heinous crimes on a technicality. William: Justifies murder for his own personal gain. Bobby: Why is he betraying both Sarah and William?
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“What I learned doing this assignment is…?” To pace myself to formulate ideas, but not lament over them.
Big Mystery: What is the main mystery of your
story that will keep us wondering throughout the story?Who is the speed murderer of Riverfield?
Big Intrigue: What is the covert, clandestine,
underhanded part that will live under the surface for most of the movie?The way Detective Catherine is unknowingly setting up all the victims for Rachel to speed murder and paving a trail for her own possible speed murder.
Big Suspense: What is the main danger to
your Hero that will continue to escalate throughout the script?Detective Cat is stepping closer and closer to Rachels list to be included as a speed murder victim with every speed murder case she investigates.
2. Tell us the Intriguing World you have selected for this story.
The world of The International Snowmobile Championship Race
3. With your top 2 or 3 characters, tell us the role they play and then answer these three questions:
A.
What is the mystery of this character?
B.
What is the suspense of this character?
C.
What is the intrigue of this character? -
<div>Mike’s World and Characters</div>
Big Mystery: Who killed two diplomats, and why?
Big Intrigue: Villain’s government forces have teamed up with the mafia to engineer a coup
Big Suspense: The villain has killed two diplomats, and will kill anyone that tries to stop the coup plot
World – Eastern European country that is economically unstable, and politically divided between factions headed by strong-men who are competing for absolute control.
Thomas – hero – American Embassy security Deputy Chief
· What is the mystery of this character? His brother, an American diplomat, was assassinated. Who has killed him and why?
· What is the intrigue of this character? He must covertly probe his Interior Ministry investigation partners to solve the case
· What is the suspense of this character? Will he be killed while investigating the murder?
Viktor – villain – Interior Minister, oversees the assassination investigation
· What is the mystery of this character? Which of the factions does the villain support?
· What is the intrigue of this character? He controls all Interior Ministry resources and the mafia, keeping one step ahead of the investigation.
· What is the suspense of this character? Will he succeed in his coup?
Alexi – Red Herring – Interior Minister’s second in command, directly responsible for the investigation
· What is the mystery of this character? Is he responsible for the murders?
· What is the intrigue of this character? He is looking for promotion, is loyal to his boss and the Interior Ministry
· What is the suspense of this character? Will he be killed while investigating the murder?
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Subject Line: Frank Fuller’s World and Characters!
What I Learned Doing This Assignment: Coming up with a compelling logline is hard. This process forces a lot of hard thinking about the key characters as well as the overall plot itself and how to make it work.
My Thriller Logline: The privileged but estranged son of the Secretary of Defense is assigned to a secret DARPA project and soon finds himself imperiled by an international conspiracy with enormous geopolitical consequences.
Type of Thriller: Political Techno-Thriller
1. Remind us of your CONCEPT and the Big M.I.S. of your story
a. Big Mystery: Why was Charlie Ott’s twin brother beheaded, what was he doing in the Middle East and why has Charlie been targeted? Is he the wrong man?
b. Big Intrigue: Which character is the main villain, the puppet master, and what is their plan. Is there more than one villain?
c. Big Suspense: Can Charlie Ott figure out in less than one week who’s targeted him and why and prevent a metastasizing international conspiracy that threatens millions.
2. The Intriguing World: DARPA and DARPA’s intricate compartmentalized web of businesses working in the ancestry, personal genetics and Personalized Medicine industries.
3. Top 2 or 3 Characters and the Role they play
a. HERO: Charlie Ott, twin son of the Secretary of Defense
i. Mystery: Why was Charlie’s twin brother beheaded just one month earlier, what was he doing in the Middle East and how does that play into Charlie’s predicament? And does his DARPA project play a role?
ii. Intrigue: His father nicknamed his twin sons War and Peace. Charlie is Peace. But, the more desperate situations get, the more we learn about Charlie’s inner warrior and skills.
iii. Suspense: He keeps digging deeper which puts him in increasing danger.
b. VILLAIN (OR RED HERRING?): Dr. TJ Lipson, Nobel Prize winner and founder and Chairman of ancestry and personalized medicine giant Lipson Genetics
i. Mystery: An orphan with unknown parents, Lipson keeps his own personal background private, ironic for a man whose life work deals with finding our roots and who we are. But, who is TJ Lipson?
ii. Intrigue: He is famous, not only for being a Nobel Prize winner and billionaire, but also for his flamboyant showmanship and being a man of immense contradictions. He wants to save the world, but how does he want to save it?
iii. Suspense: He seems to take an unusual interest in Charlie who is participating in a lifetime study of gene expression at Lipson Genetics.
c. VILLAIN (OR RED HERRING?): Colonel William Stryker, Director of DARPA
i. Mystery: Stryker is a ruthless man who gets things done and actively looks to hire freewheeling zealots. How far is this career military man willing to go to achieve results?
ii. Intrigue: He’s called Ott’s Monster, someone who will consider any and all ideas, no matter how heinous.
iii. Suspense: Is he directing a secret black program on his own and to what end?
d. VILLAIN (OR RED HERRING?): SECDEF James Eliot Ott
i. Mystery: If Colonel William Stryker is Ott’s Monster, what does that make James Eliot Ott?
ii. Intrigue: A “For God, For Country and For Yale” man with a face and moral ethic carved out of granite, has Ott lost his compass with the beheading of his first son?
iii. Suspense: Will Charlie Ott have to face off with his father?
e. VILLAIN (OR RED HERRING?): Israeli Prime Minister Davide Cohen
i. Mystery: Does Davide Cohen have control of his intelligence services?
ii. Intrigue: Known for bold surprise decisions, where does he stand with an upcoming peace initiative?
iii. Suspense: What has Davide Cohen been doing that the U.S. will not?
f. COOL SUPPORTING CHARACTER FOR CHARLIE OR TJ LIPSON: Dr. Tiki Ranamuta, TJ Lipson’s boy genius and Charlie Ott’s friend from college days
i. Mystery: His people were discovered by Charlie Ott’s Australian boss on an island in the South Pacific and modernized in one generation by separating children from parents. How is it that his father disappeared thirty years ago but his DNA shows up in a secret repository in the Lipson Genetics DNA vault?
ii. Intrigue: An orphan, like TJ Lipson, he knows more about Lipson’s plans and secrets than anyone else. Lipson treats him like a son. Where do his allegiances lie?
iii. Suspense: Charlie, despite being friends with Tik, is not sure he can trust Tik with his suspicions.
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Karen Grube’s World and Characters!
What I learned from this exercise is that you can keep mysteries hidden until revealing them moves the story forward, and that you can keep the Big Mystery hidden until toward the end when knowing the answer becomes necessary to the end game.
1. Remind us of your CONCEPT and the Big M.I.S. of your story.
BIG MYSTERY:
How is Ham going to stop Phoenix from plunging the entire world into a devastating economic depression?
BIG INTRIGUE:
How could Phoenix use the Bank for International Settlement’s test of Central Bank digital currency transactions to take over the world’s eight largest central banks? What’s his real motive?
BIG SUSPENSE:
Phoenix already seems to know who Ham is and tries to manipulate Ham into helping him by threatening him and his family. How will Ham save his family and stop Phoenix’s plan?
2. Tell us the Intriguing World you have selected for this story.
The Bank for International Settlements is the world’s most secret and secretive financial institution. For months, members from several countries have been planning to take advantage developments in cryptocurrencies to create a way for their Central Banks to use a single digital currency to efficiently conduct transactions between nations. But a psychopathic cyberterrorist known as Phoenix is planning on using a much-anticipated scheduled test of these transactions to take over eight of the world’s largest Central Banks. Phoenix exists only on the dark web where he has hired cyberterrorists and assassins to infiltrate the BIS, steal the test crypto keys, and use them to take over each Central Bank making them all inaccessible and unable to function, throwing the entire world into a devastating economic depression. Ham himself is an experienced cyber-warrior, having taken down scores of attempted ransomware attacks on banks, identity thefts of millions of social media accounts, and attempted incursions into classified national security data warehouses. Ham decides to enlist the help of an elite team of cyberintelligence experts who work for his former Marine commanding officer who now runs a cyberdefense training facility. Each person on the team has a specific area of expertise that proves useful in tracking down Phoenix and stopping him.
3. Two or Three characters and the role they play:
HERO, HAM (David Hamilton):
The mystery with Ham is why he left CIA Cybersecurity. As a Marine, he was recruited by the CIA into a special combined CIA/military cyberoperations team after successfully stopping several illegal money transfers to terrorist organizations. But he left the team suddenly. He then took his current position leading an investigative and enforcement team at FinCEN (the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network). But what is it that’s preventing Ham from using his own team at FinCEN to track down this cyberterrorist?
The Intrigue with HAM is the passion with which he goes after cybercriminals. What is it about cybercrime that makes him so adamant about stopping the criminals and seeing them prosecuted. It’s more than just solving puzzles, more than just the thrill of the hunt. It’s more than the satisfaction of taking down someone with an ego big enough to think they can get away with it. It’s even more than bringing closure to the lives devastated by these criminals. Also, why does Ham not seek revenge when he believes his wife and daughter were murdered.
The Suspense with Ham is how far he’ll go to save his family and the world from economic collapse. Will he cross the line and become a killer himself when he thinks his wife and daughter have been killed and when he knows the world is about to be plunged into a deep economic depression? What might push him to cross the line?
VILLAIN, PHOENIX (Alec Laskin):
The Mystery with Phoenix is why he’s trying to destroy the world’s economic structure. What is his motive? Who is this guy? Why is he targeting Ham? Is this just a cyberheist or is this guy crazy?
The Intrigue with Phoenix is how he’s staying so well hidden on the dark web. How did he get inside the Bank for International Settlements and get access to their digital currency test systems. How is he recruiting his crew of assassins and cyberpunks?
The Suspense with Phoenix is how he always seems to be one step ahead of Ham and his team of cyber experts. At what point will he think he no longer needs Ham and will kill him?
HAM’S FRIEND, PAUL RITTENAUER:
The Mystery with Paul is why he takes his discovery of this plot to Ham instead of his bosses at the BIS. He hasn’t told them that he’s already written a fix for the flaw because he thinks someone may be on to him. He tells Ham he’s the only person he can trust.
The Intrigue with Paul is what he isn’t telling Ham. He thinks there may be a mole inside the BIS but isn’t sure who it is and doesn’t want to say anything until he knows.
The Suspense with Paul is whether or not Phoenix believes the fix Paul says he’s written for the flaw in the test system can be reversed so Phoenix can still take advantage of the flaw. Does Phoenix need Paul to reverse this fix or not?
HAM’S FORMER C.O., LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARTIN JANAK:
The Mystery with Colonel Janak is how he’s keeping the core of his cyberoperations group hidden. He left the military to form his own cyberterrorism defense training facility that trains governments, corporations, and military units worldwide to defend themselves against cyberattacks. But this hidden group gets involved in stopping international cybercrimes and they need to stay under the radar.
The Intrigue with Colonel Janak is what he knows about Ham and why he’s willing to help him.
The Suspense with Colonel Janak is how he’ll manage to get Ham the help he needs without compromising his hidden cyberdefense operation. Will he turn this over to the CIA or Interpol? How will he save Ham’s life and the world’s economic structure without involving some outside agency, even with the connections he has?
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David Polcyn – World and Characters
What I learned? To ensure the characters feed BIS and all their actions arise from this. Something I was reminded of is to start simple and direct to move the process along rather than get hung up on details early.
Intriguing world – The world of tabloids and the ecosystem of celebrity exploitation (those who catch celebrities at their worst and seek to profit from it).
Big Mystery: Who killed the Rock Star (Damien Zhig)? And what happened to Scarlett, the young woman (Joe saw having an affair with Damien)?
Big intrigue: The shadow organisation of former KGB agents turned criminals, who are using dark money and human trafficking to control powerful people (celebrities and politicians).
Big Suspense: Will Joe survive long enough to discover who is trying to frame or kill him and why?
Unwitting but Resourceful Hero – Joe
Mystery – Who is trying to frame/kill him?
Suspense – Will Joe survive long enough to find the truth?
Intrigue – He is skilled stealth at operating in the shadows.Villain- Vladamir, aka “Claypool”
Mystery – Why does he broker celebrity blackmail materials? (Regaining materials for celebs or exploring them, or both)
Suspense – Will he successfully set up Joe up to take the fall for his orginzation’s crimes?
Intrigue – Will his scheme to control and manipulate powerful people be successful? He has some very dangerous people working for him.Red Herring – Ella
Mystery – Was she involved with her husband’s murder?
Suspense – Is she setting Joe up? Or actually in danger?
Intrigue – Wavering between wanting Joe’s help and trying to throw him off the trail. What happened between them in the past? -
Subject: Aaron Weisblatt – World and Characters!
I learned today that some of my secondary characters need more background.
My CONCEPT and the Big M.I.S. of House Hunted:
House Hunted follows a young Brooklyn couple on a weekend getaway, looking for a house in the country. The house of their dreams soon becomes a house of horrors after they witness a brutal political murder and struggle to escape a certain death at the hands of a gang of white supremacists.
Big Mystery: Will Alex and Colton escape from the house where they witness the brutal murder of a judge by the hands of white supremacist?
Big Intrigue: What are the motives of the white supremacist for the gang killing a federal judge?
Big Suspense: Will Alex be able to save herself and Colton from being discovered by the gang and killed?
The Intriguing World is a post-Trumpian dystopian America that has turned into a place where militia and white nationals are infiltrating and controlling the system.
With your top 2 or 3 characters, tell us the role they play and then answer these three questions:
Alex – Protagonist
A. What is the mystery of this character?
Alex has a fear of violence and guns because of her childhood. She also has a photographic memory.
B. What is the suspense of this character?
Will she be able to over come her fear of violence and guns in order to save herself and Colton
C. What is the intrigue of this character?
Alex has a photographic memory and knows things most people dont. She will be able to use her knowledge to save herself And Colton.
Christian – Antagonist
A. What is the mystery of this character?
Why is he killing a federal judge?
B. What is the suspense of this character?
He has plans for something bigger – what is that?
C. What is the intrigue of this character?
Will he escape capture after his most of his gang is killed?
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Sandra’ World and Characters!
What I learned doing this assignment is that making sure characters fit the MIS profile helps create more mystery, intrigue, and suspense overall.
CONCEPT: A billionaire starts to experience strange events and happenings in his life after he purchases a rare manuscript.
Big Mystery – Is the manuscript cursed?
Big Intrigue – What is causing the strange events?
Big Suspense – Is Maxim’s life at risk?
Characters
Maxim
A. What is the mystery of
this character?Why is he so obsessed with rare pieces of art?
B. What is the suspense of
this character?Will he come to believe in the supernatural?
C. What is the intrigue of
this character?How did he make his money?
Lilith
A. What is the mystery of this character?
Why does she hate her father so much?
B. What is the suspense of
this character?Does she have something to do with the cursed manuscript?
C. What is the intrigue of
this character?What makes her appear so innocuous?
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Dmitry Krasovskiy. World and character
1. Big mystery. People are trying to catch signals from outer space from extraterrestrial civilizations. But they are all false, controlled by one system developed by one powerful scientist.
Big Intrigue. The psychologist needs to protect people from traps and destroy the system of enslavement of the scientist.
Big suspense. Fear and uncertainty increasingly paralyzes the will of the hero. The trap system could kill him, too.
2. The artificial intelligence system manipulates the behavior of people. Fear, self-indulgence, distortion of facts in the mass media. Fake news, fake hopes, fake thoughts, fake ideas and fake signals.
3. Psychologist (main hero)
A) His skills expose lies, treat injuries, get rid of complexes, help people find themselves and feel the ease of life.
B) Lies, traps, and fear can kill him. Paralyze his faith and will.
C) Will he be able to pull himself out of the trap?
Painter (Red herring) A) What is hidden in his paintings? What does he want from life? Who is offended?
B) He pretends to be an all-knowing guru, so as not to be deceived. His paintings affect those who manipulate people. Diverts the blow from ordinary people to themselves.
C) Will he be able to confuse and to save the psychologist?
Scientist. (main Villain) A) He is able to extract, distort and manipulate data. He builds the world according to the laws that are convenient for him.
B) Creates false signals, pays money to ordinary people who try to catch them, and plunges humanity into darkness.
C) Will he be able to destroy the personality? Personal opinion and the sober mind of people.
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