Lesson 18

[Rick Whitney]

R. Whitney Lesson 20

What I’ve learned: Characters can both have a rapport and have a conflict between them. This gets away from characters being too similar to the point there’s nothing going on between them. It can also work the opposite where dissimilar characters which creates conflict and drama might have a similarity and possibly open a rapport.

Characters:

Barton: caring, fearful, secretive, driven

Adam: caring, grumpy, inquisitive, intelligent

McLean: controlling, distrustful, inquisitive, stubborn

Ramsey: sociopathic, charming, self-serving, vengeful

Barton and Adam can develop a rapport because they both care but they can butt heads when Barton becomes secretive and fearful to Adam’s inquisitive.

Adam and McLean can develop a rapport by both having inquisitive but they disagree when McLeans distrustfulness comes into play.

Barton and McLean can’t develop much of a rapport since Barton is secretive and McLean is not only inquisitive but also controlling and doesn’t trust Barton. These two will conflict through much of the story.

Ramsey conflicts with all three characters with his vengeful, self-serving characteristic. His disregard for the law puts him at odds.