Day 3 Assignments

[Ricki Holmes]

THRILLER Day 3 Creating world/characters with MIS

What I learned is: The model is forcing me to alter my story – or at least what I thought the story was going to be – because what I had wasn’t a thriller.

THE BIG MYSTERY

Why does an eleven year old boy commit suicide and his parents indulge in murder/suicide due to the shame.

THE BIG INTRIGUE

The preacher is procuring kids for a pedophile organization.

The BIG SUSPENSE

The more our hero uncovers, the more dangerous it becomes for her.

The intriguing world:

The underground world of religious hypocrisy, cover-ups and fund raising for the church by means of providing children as play things for the rich and famous.

HERO: Evelyn Gonzalez

Mystery: Why was she put in an asylum? Why does she keep having flashbacks.

Intrigue: Is she sane or deluded?

Suspense: Will she be killed for getting too close.

VILLAIN: Brent Hicks

Mystery: What’s his connection to Evelyn?

Intrigue: Using his celebrity status, he entices wayward children into a sex trafficking ring for the amusement of high powered individuals who pay him for his service.

Suspense: Will he win his public battle with Evelyn and continue ruing peoples lives.

[David Sylvester]

David Sylvester World and Characters!

What I learned doing this assignment is, but updating the concept, I got a workable longline.

1. Remind us of your CONCEPT and the Big M.I.S. of your story.

Story concept updated-

A serial killer specialist reluctantly comes out of seclusion to help the FBI’s hunt for the new serial killer, later discovers that all the evidence points to her.

• Big Mystery: The hunt for the serial killer.

Big Intrigue: Davis’ popping in and of 2 parallel lives to find out she’s the serial killer in the parallel life.

Big Suspense: The serial killer is hunting her. The FBI is closing in, making Davis the prime suspect.

Intriguing World: Hunting for a serial killer.

3. Top characters:

Character: The husband.

The husband is Davis’ reality check. He accepts and enabler her for all of her faults

• A. Mystery: why’s he so understanding where’s there is an undertone of anger.

B. Suspense: will he expose her lies to the FBI.

C. Intrigue: is he the serial killer and is toying with her.

The psychiatrist-

He’s working with Davis because of her trauma over her last big serial killer case. Davis has PTSD over it

A. Mystery: he’s taking so much interest in her case.
B. Suspense: does he figure out about the parallel lives and the serial killer?

C. Intrigue: He manipulating her to further his career

Best friend-

A. Mystery: She hates the husband.

B. Suspense: she’s setting up Wilma for divorce

C. Intrigue: She wants Wilma for herself

FBI liaison

A. Mystery: He doesn’t want Wilma on the case. He saw her breakdown and kept it a secret.

B. Suspense: would he find out the leads that Wilma is hiding so she won’t be a suspect.

C. Intrigue: They had an affair.