Lesson 1

[CJ Lyons]

M3-Lesson 1 ASSIGNMENT

CJ’s Big Picture Components

What I learned doing this assignment is how to distill and focus my big-picture ideas into easily digested and hopefully intriguing bullet points

SERIES INFO:

World: the PRE-apocolyptic world of the first person infected with a man-made version of Fatal Insomnia, Patient X aka Dr. Angela Rossi

Main mystery: who created the disease and how to stop it

Impossible Goal: find a way to stop the destruction of mankind BEFORE it begins

Main Conflict: Patient X vs. The Cabal led by her own mother

Second Mystery: will Rossi/Patient X survive and fall in love with Ryder?

Season 1 Arc: Rossi’s mysterious symptoms begin, leading her to hunt for a serial killer; ends with her diagnosis, the killer killed and reveal that the man-made Fatal Insomnia was unleashed by Rossi’s own mother

Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey: refusal to admit she’s ill/stubbornly maintaining her independence to asking for help/falling in love/breaking every rule she ever set for herself including killing

PILOT INFO:

Pilot Conflict: a dead nun tells Rossi to “save the girl” sending Rossi to search in the Cold War tunnels beneath the city where she finds a serial killer’s lair

Characters Introduced: Dr. Angela Rossi/Patient X, her ex-husband Jacob, Detective Ryder (love interest), Devon Price (sidekick), missing girl Esme

Inciting Incident of Season 1: Rossi must trust her diseased mind with its new psychic powers to save the girl and find the killer—which also means admitting she’s ill and discovering what’s wrong with her

[hilton Garrett]

Hilton Garrett – Big Picture Components

What I Learned – How to look at the puzzle pieces and begin to see the structure

SERIES INFO

World: South Georgia in the 1950’s and 1970’s, full of charm and intrigue side by side with lust and greed-driven political ambition. Below the genteel surface of sweet tea and moss-draped live oaks we find an underbelly of entrenched societal structures formed during the time of slavery and hardened during Reconstruction. These structures have no expiration date.

Main Mystery: How does Will’s family tragedy play a role in the corrupt underbelly of this town?

Impossible Goal: Uncover all of the players, their roles and their motivations that led to the murders and eventual control of the town by the mafia.

Main Conflict: After 20 years, Will has become an outsider in his hometown. In order to investigate and expose the hidden truth of his family’s tragedy, and those who benefited from the crime, he must befriend and charm those who still live there.

Second mystery: Is the sheriff in on it?

Season 1 Arc: From a man dealing with the ordinary problems of a failing marriage and a fading career to a full-on acceptance of the murder and a single-minded pursuit of the truth about how it happened.

Season 1 Protagonist internal journey: From living in an artificial world of comfortable pretense based on a mistaken belief, to waking up into the hostility and danger of reality.

PILOT INFO

Pilot Conflict: Will’s marriage to Becca; Will’s animosity toward Vinnie and the new owners; Will’s re-entry into Ashton and Elam County; Will’s initial resistance to Martaan’s revelation

Main Characters Introduced: Will, Becca, Martaan, Rountree, Santorro and Mary-Grace

Inciting Incident of Season 1: Martaan appears with news that the deaths were not an accident but murder.

[Lloyd Shellenberger]

M3-Lesson 1 ASSIGNMENT

Lloyd’s Big Picture Components

What I learned doing this assignment is how to narrow down and focus my big-picture ideas into smaller and more specific bullet points

SERIES INFO:

World: The world of Intrigue, danger and spies. The Puzzle Works is a world where betrayal and murder are just a normal way of doing business.

Main mystery: Who are the Puzzle Works and why did they recruit Col. Greene and his crew?

Impossible Goal: The crew must find a way to complete the missions and stay alive and out of jail.

Main Conflict: Col. Greene’s promise to his dying wife to leave “The Agency” and protect his son from the threat of death.

Second Mystery: Who is Sgt. Diedra Jones? Is she a Puzzle Works mole or an FBI Agent? What other roadblocks exist that could land the crew in jail?

Season 1 Arc: Lt. Greene’s struggle with Drug and sexual addiction that could cost him and the crew everything. Col. Greene must navigate the dangerous waters of the Puzzle Works while trying to protect and save his son. Col. Greene’s humanity is often questionable at best. He does the right things for all the wrong reasons.

Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey: Col. Greene must face his demons and his past while maintaining a front for the Puzzle Works. He learns how to do this while developing an escape plan for his crew and himself.

PILOT INFO:

Pilot Conflict: The Crew must accept a mission that places them in a compromising position. The crew realizes the drug trade was right outside their door the whole time. Old alliances are broken, new ones are formed.

Characters Introduced: Col. Benjamin Greene/Commander/Protagonist. Lt. Brian Greene/Tech Officer/Son, First Sergeant Willaim Demoines/Second in Command, Spc. Allan Jones/Unit Armorer, Sgt. Diedra Jones/Intell Officer 35M

Inciting Incident of Season 1: Col. Greene must work for an off the books rogue agency that has no rules or accountability to save his son and First Sergeant from certain death. He also must be at the top of his game and his alcoholic issues long enough to do the job.

[Brian Bull]

BRIAN BULL – Big Picture Components

“What I learned from doing this assignment is…
I have a good start on my outline – there are a few things I need to work out but all-in-all I think I am well on my way.

ASSIGNMENT

1. Give us the basic Series Info:

SERIES INFO:

World: Glimpses of the Psychic Realm

Main mystery: Will Dr. Jim Brown be able to control the powers of the “Psychic Glasses”

Impossible Goal: Dr. Brown preventing Jezebel from murdering Zelda

Main Conflict: Jezebel wants the crystal ball that Dr. Brown made glasses from.

Second Mystery: Will Dr. Brown marry Gloria who has no interest in him?

Season 1 Arc: Dr. Brown creating glasses from a crystal ball enabling him to see the future attempted murder to preventing the murder from happening.

Season 1 Protagonist Internal Journey: From ordinary Optometrist making a pair of glasses from a crystal ball to having the Psychic Realm right in front of him and being able to comprehend it’s powers.

2. Tell us the basic Pilot Info:

PILOT INFO:

Pilot Conflict: Dr. Brown “witnesses” the attempted murder of Zelda by Jezebel and must decide what he’s going to do about it.

Characters Introduced: Dr. Brown, Delores, JoAnn Brown, Zelda, Valerie, Sam

Inciting Incident of Season 1: Dr. Brown creates “Psychic” glasses from a crystal ball and witnesses Jezebel trying to kill Zelda.