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Lesson 2 Assignments
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What I learned doing this assignment is that we must dig and dig and dig into our characters to see who they really are. I am now really interested to see how they respond when I fling then neck-deep into the story.
Jack Young’s Character Descriptions for “STREAM”
Main Character? Michael Walker Role in the show? Father, husband
An unhappy foreclosure specialist with terminal cancer must find the courage to enter an energy Stream to save his family and mankind.
Noteworthy traits: Family man. Caring and loving brother.
Intriguing history: Risked life savings in a stock deal using insider information.
Intrigue? SEC issued a warrant for his arrest.
Mystery? Why are unseen forces trying to him from learning about the Stream and the professor.
Drive conflict: Takes risk with finances and relationships to get ahead and protect family during unprecedented crisis.
Irony: A man who has lost faith may be the only hope for mankind.
Intriguing relationships: Professor Darlington, Cronus, Wife, Brother
The Professor has his own ulterior motives for his work of soul travel. It could put Michael’s life in jeopardy.
START: A foreclosure specialist tries to put an affair in the past as well as escaping prosecution for insider trading during a world-wide epidemic.
MIDDLE: Traits, Blames himself for brother’s death. Making bad business deals because markets are collapsing and world is possibly ending. Still wants to be a good father and husband.
ENDING: Doesn’t believe in himself and that he has any control of his destiny.
EDITED VERSION
An unhappy foreclosure specialist with terminal cancer must find the courage to enter an energy Stream to save his family and mankind but after entering the Stream, he discovers a much larger problem that will require him to lead and have faith again.
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Cathryn Atkinson’s Character Descriptions for RUN ANGELITA
What I learned doing this assignment is to narrow the focus on how this information will be used in the pilot and series.
ANGELITA ALVES
Role in the show:
· Migrant on the run, carrying digital access to $500m stolen by her brother from his cartel.
Noteworthy traits
· Teenage refugee/Weapons, martial arts expert.
Coping Mechanism:
· Running/ learning to fight back
· helping the weak
· intelligence training
· Revenge
Intriguing history:
· Lost her family,
· refugee not wanted in America.
· Cartel wants her dead.
· Wants to kill the man she thinks killed her family, who is actually her long lost brother (Enrique)
· Searching for this money she’s given access to, for her mother she didn’t know what alive
Intrigue? Mystery?
· Angelita learns brother Luis lied about his cartel work
· Luis gives her medallion with hidden codes
· Trust issues. Hides that cartel is after her, tells Veronica and Chance she is only looking for her mother in LA.
· Carrying digital access to $500m stolen by her brother.
· She was trained to be a killer.
· Angelita needs to figure out who she is and what she wants to do.
· She decides to use the money to become Robin Hood
How do they support or drive the conflict with others?
· Fights for herself· Revenge
· fighting back/Learns how to
· helping the weak
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character
Paradox with opposite Traits/Motivations
Indulged “rich kid” Angelita becomes a migrant with people who suffered due to the cartel. She gets money, decides to help them.
To get X, they give up Y.
Angelita makes a deal – To get the money back to the cartel in exchange for reaching her Mom in LA. Angelita is betrayed by that woman anyway, who is a cartel plant.
Avoiding X, they cause Y.
Avoiding the cartel/Enrique, Angelita flees into a dangerous world for migrants.
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters
· Not everyone wants to give the money away. Not Enrique, Chance
· Moneda (big boss) wants her dead and can’t understand why Enrique is failing. Brings in his ruthless no. 2 hitman, Dario.
· Veronica reluctantly uses the Angelita/Chance story to further her journalism career. Pays a price and regrets her selfishness. Gives up her careerUnpredictable?
· A fighter who has never fought, but discovers she is a badass who will kill to protect those she loves and those in need.
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters
· Angelita and Chance are teens who might be dating if they weren’t on the run from the cartel and the FBI· Enrique is Angelita’s (unknown to her) older brother, estranged family after junkie accident leads to the deaths of their parents. To A, he is Luis’s cartel associate/ murderer.
· Angelita and Chance drive across America to find safety and her mother, but find out it is the most dangerous place, because the woman there is in Moneda’s pocket.
3. Organize the answers and choose which you are going to use in your description of that character.
ANGELITA ALVES
Angela is a teenage refugee who flees to America in search of her long-lost mother after the rest of her family is killed. She unknowingly carries digital access to $500m stolen by her brother from his cartel. Trained as a weapons/martial arts expert, Angelita is an indulged “rich kid” who wants to help others by becoming a Latinx “Robin Hood”.
4. Sequence the info and write a START, MIDDLE, and END. Write a ROUGH DRAFT of the character description.
Start
Angela is a teenage refugee who flees to America in search of her long-lost mother after the rest of her family is killed.
Middle
She unknowingly carries digital access to $500m stolen by her brother from his cartel.
End
Trained as a weapons/martial arts expert, Angelita is an indulged “rich kid” who wants to help others by becoming a Latinx “Robin Hood”.
ROUGH DRAFT
ANGELITA ALVES
A frightened Latinx teenager flees to America after her family is killed to search for her long-lost mother, while unknowingly carrying digital access to $500m stolen by her dead brother from his cartel.
CHANCE TREMBLAY
A. Role in the show:
· American high school student
· Angelita’s first US friend/ guide/love interest
• Noteworthy traits
· Knows America
· Knows migrant system through dad
· Competitive rifleman, outdoors guy
· Hates injustice, tries to look at problems full-on. Problem solver
· Impulsive, have-a-go hero
• Intriguing history:
· Lost his mother to cancer
· Abusive father is a detention center guard.
· Doesn’t like “big government” (Texan)
• Intrigue? Mystery?
· May have cancer (gets sick)
· Guilt for losing control. Attacked racist kid after a party, accidentally killed him
· Falling in love with Angelita
• How do they support or drive the conflict with others?
· Motivated to right his father’s wrongs, and by growing love for Angelita (from not likely her much at first).
• Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character
· Hot headed for the right reasons (fighting the good fight but in the wrong way)
· Angelita and Chance go from her taking him hostage (hostility), to collaborators, in part to spite his father, without knowing he works for the cartel.
• Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters
· His father is a migrant detention guard for children, corrupted by the cartel.
• Unpredictable?
· Impulsive, have-a-go hero – doesn’t wait to find out what is going on.
· Suffering from a mystery illness.
· Rage led to fatal attack on horrible classmate.
• Intriguing relationship with one or more characters
· Angelita, Veronica and Tremblay
3. Organize the answers and choose which you are going to use in your description of that character.
Texas high school student
Angelita and Chance go from her taking him hostage (hostility), to collaborators, in part to spite his father, without knowing he works for the cartel.
Angelita’s first US friend/ guide/love interest, takes her to his friend Veronica
His father is a migrant detention guard for children, corrupted by the cartel. Motivated to right his father’s wrongs, and by growing love for Angelita (from not likely her much at first).
Impulsive, have-a-go hero – doesn’t wait to find out what is going on. Hates injustice
Suffering from a mystery illness.
4. Sequence the info and write a START, MIDDLE, and END. Write a ROUGH DRAFT of the character description.
START
An impulsive, injustice-hating Texas high school student collaborates with a desperate migrant girl who takes him hostage, helping her escape to spite his detention guard father.
MIDDLE
He takes her to his journalist ex-stepmom in order to keep the girl safe and tell her story.
END
He finds himself falling for the girl, and will do anything to help her find her mother and keep her out of the clutches of the cartel that wants to kill her.
ROUGH DRAFT
CHANCE TREMBLAY
An impulsive, injustice-hating high school senior collaborates with a desperate migrant girl after she takes him hostage, helping her escape. Taking her to his journalist ex-stepmom to tell her story, he falls for the girl, and promises to help find her mother and keep her out of the clutches of the cartel that wants to kill her.
Enrique Lopez (Alves)
A. Role in the show:
A cartel hitman with a secret past, accused of killing Angelita’s grandmother and brother
• Noteworthy traits
· Veteran assassin, no 1 guy
· Expert tracker
· “Good foot soldier”
• Intriguing history:
· ex-junkie
· Angelita’s secret oldest brother.
• Intrigue? Mystery?
· Angelita’s brother. He wants to find her and save her, not kill her as assigned
· He knows Luis was coerced by their boss Moneda to steal cartel money, But didn’t know Luis had siphoned it.
· He believes that years earlier he killed his parents, when he was high
• How do they support or drive the conflict with others?
· His public mask is that of a killer. The only person not frightened of him is his suspicious deputy Dario.
· Angelita hates him, knows him as her brother’s killer.
• Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character
· Killer and brother
• Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters
· He deceives his boss Moneda in order to save Angelita.
· He wants the money and wants to be in control of Angelita as her older brother. Wants her to go on the run with him as assassins-for-hire.
• Unpredictable?
· He is a coiled spring, full of violence and rage.
· He fears being betrayed and killed, and responds to this
• Intriguing relationship with one or more characters
Angelita, Moneda, Dario, Tremblay
3. Organize the answers and choose which you are going to use in your description of that character.
A cartel hitman with a secret past, accused of killing Angelita’s grandmother and brother
ex-junkie
Angelita’s secret oldest brother. He wants to find her and save her, not kill her as assigned. Angelita hates and fears him.
He deceives his boss Moneda in order to save Angelita.
He wants the money and wants to be in control of Angelita as her older brother. Wants her to go on the run with him as assassins-for-hire.
He is a coiled spring, full of violence and rage.
4. Sequence the info and write a START, MIDDLE, and END. Write a ROUGH DRAFT of the character description.
START
A violent cartel hitman is sent to retrieve digital codes worth $500m for his boss and execute the teenage migrant who has escaped to America with them after the death of her brother and grandmother.
MIDDLE
But he has a secret – he is the girl’s older brother. He wants to find her and save her and keep the money, not kill her as assigned.
END
So he deceives his boss and tracks the girl to Texas, knowing she hates him and blames him for the deaths of her loved ones, even though he didn’t pull the trigger.
ROUGH DRAFT
Enrique (Alves)
A violent cartel hitman is sent to retrieve stolen digital bank codes worth $500m for his boss, and execute the teenage migrant who escaped to America with them after her brother and grandmother were murdered. But he has a secret – he is the girl’s older brother. He wants to save her and keep the money, not kill her as assigned. He deceives his boss and tracks the girl to Texas, knowing she hates him.
Veronica Segundo
A. Role in the show:
· Chance’s ex stepmom
· Journalist
• Noteworthy traits
· Ex-marine
· American Latina
· Cares more about her story on Angelita, than about Angelita.
• Intriguing history:
· Chance’s ex stepmom, still loves Tremblay as the story starts
· Lonely, sacrificed life for career and gotten nowhere
Want / Need: Fame and work success / To be a good reporter, more than successful
· Dealt with misogyny (and raped in marines).
• Intrigue? Mystery?
· Rape
· Saved her squad in Kandahar, lost her closest friend, a young woman.
· She becomes Angelita’s adult guide to Los Angeles
• How do they support or drive the conflict with others?
· Analytical and military-minded
· Pushes her story at first, but empathizes with Angelita
• Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character
· Ambitious Veronica writes Angelita and Chance’s story in an attempt at getting out of her dead-end town to national journalism, and becomes part of the story when she helps them get to Los Angeles.
• Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters
· Veronica wants to write the story about Angelita and Chance helping her, and Angelita does not it
· Veronica is manipulated by her ex-Tremblay because she still loves him, and he uses that when he is searching for Chance and Angelita.
• Unpredictable?
· Veronica is not trustworthy for Angelita, making selfish/bad decisions, until Veronica saves her from Enrique’s first attempt at kidnapping her.
• Intriguing relationship with one or more characters
· Tremblay, He-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed (editor), Chance, Angelita
3. Organize the answers and choose which you are going to use in your description of that character.
Chance’s ex stepmom, who still loves his father Tremblay as the story starts, and an
ex-marine. A journalist who is frustrated by her career, she cares more about her story on Angelita, than about Angelita. She becomes Angelita’s adult guide to Los Angeles. Analytical and military-minded, Veronica is not trusted by Angelita until Veronica saves her from Enrique’s first attempt at kidnapping her.
4. Sequence the info and write a START, MIDDLE, and END. Write a ROUGH DRAFT of the character description.
START
A journalist and ex-marine is pulled into the cross-country escape of a teenage refugee by her ex-stepson who rescued the girl, but she regrets publishing an online story about them after pressure from her boss, and agrees to help the girl find her mother.
MIDDLE
Analytical and military-minded, she becomes Angelita’s adult guide to Los Angeles.
END
And when it is discovered that the girl has access to $500m in cartel money, she has to decide what her next story will be.
ROUGH DRAFT
Veronica Segundo
START
Journalist and ex-marine Veronica is pulled into the escape of a teenage refugee by her ex-stepson who rescued the girl, but she regrets publishing an online story about them, and agrees to help the girl find her mother. Analytical and military-minded, when it is discovered that the girl has access to $500m in cartel money, she has to decide what her next story will be.
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Madeleine Vessel’s Character Descriptions
What I learned doing this assignment is that I can create compelling and complex character descriptions by plucking key ingredients from my BW Framework. I’m thoroughly amazed.
KEY INGREDIENTS PLUCKED FROM MY BW FRAMEWORK:
SOPHIE WOLF
Role: An art history professor, living in U. S. witness protection, whose main goal is to keep hers and her real identity from being discovered by Russia’s FSB. To do this, she must find and bring to justice Falisa’s killer, who also is an art thief.
Noteworthy Traits: Smart, caring, daring, religious.
Intriguing History: The fact that she is a Russian defector living in witness protection.
Intrigue: Willing to risks once her father has been harmed and she has been kidnapped and ransomed for an Old Master she has in her possession. Will she be able to outfox the art thief and stay alive? Will she be able to keep her true identity from being discovered by FSB.
Mystery: Why did she and her father defect from Russian and become part of the U. S. witness protection program?
Support or drive the conflict: Pushing herself and Bill into deadly situations.
Irony: In order to live a somewhat normal life, she needs to abide by the rules of witness protection. If she doesn’t find Falisa’s killer, who keeps focusing public attention on her and her father, she is in danger of being discovered by the FSB.
Opposing agendas: She wants to abide by the rules of witness protection in order to keep safe her identity. She must break the rules in order to find the killer and thief who keeps exposing her to public scrutiny.
Unpredictable: With each step she takes, she increasingly jeopardizes her witness protection cover.
Intriguing relationships: Vitaly, Bill, Olivia
BILL HILLMAN:
Role: FBI agent who is Zhora’s handler and Sophie’s protector and love interest.
Noteworthy Traits: Caring, Conservative, Smart, Daring
Intriguing History: His wife who was killed by a hit and run driver.
Intrigue: Willing to enter into combat, kill, and put himself in danger to protect Sophie. Will FSB catch him posing as an Interpol instructor when he really is an FBI Agent. Will his actions cause an international incident?
Mystery: Who killed his wife and why?
Drive conflict: Pressuring Russian bodyguard.
Irony: He is at once Zhora’s handler and his witness protection keeper. As Sophie’s protector, he is dragged into her scheme to get to the bottom of who killed Falisa and stole her paintings.
Opposing Agendas:
Unpredictable: With every step he takes with Sophie to Russia, the more likely he is to be exposed as FBI and cause an international incident with Russia.
Intriguing relationship: Sophie, Dave, his daughter, Zhora
VITALY BURUNDUKOV
Role: Villain. He is a Russian Oligarch with only one purpose, to get back what rightfully belongs to him.
Noteworthy Traits: Ruthless, reckless, bold
Intriguing History: He’s descended from a Russian noble family, robbed and killed during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Intrigue: Willing to commit crimes, intends to kill Sophie, intends to sell stolen Old Russian Masters for millions.
Mystery: Where are the rest of the Old Russian Masters that fell into the hands of the Immortal Movement during the Bolshevik Revolution?
Drive conflict: Thinks nothing of engaging in deadly situations, willing to kill, willing to steal to get what he wants.
Irony: Acts as an art enthusiast while stealing art.
Opposing Agendas:
Unpredictable: With every step he takes, he is likely to get caught by either Russian or American authorities,
Intriguing relationship: Falisa’s mother-in-law, Sophie, Olivia, Peter
SEQUENCING KEY INGREDIENTS INTO START, MIDDLE, AND END
SOPHIE WOLF
START: An art history professor, living in U. S. witness protection after defecting from Russia, whose purpose is to keep secret hers and her father’s true identies from being discovered by Russia’s FSB. To do this, she must find and bring to justice Falisa’s killer, who also is an art thief.
MIDDLE: Smart, caring, daring, religious. Murder of Falisa puts her and Zhora in the public eye, making them vulnerable to being recognized by FSB. Will she shut down public scrutiny by solving the murder and art theft cases?
END: Wants to abide by the rules of witness protection in order to keep safe her and her father’s identity, but must break the rules in order to find the killer/thief who keeps exposing her to public scrutiny. Every step she takes jeopardizes her witness protection cover.
BILL HILLMAN:
START: FBI agent who is Zhora’s handler and Sophie’s protector and love interest.
MIDDLE: Caring, smart, and daring. Poses as an Interpol Instructor, putting himself in danger of creating an international incident between Russian and the U. S. Will the FSB catch him?
END: With every step he takes with Sophie to Russia, the more likely he is to be exposed as FBI and cause an international incident with Russia.
VITALY BURUNDUKOV
START: A descendant of a Russian noble family, robbed and killed during the Bolshevik Revolution, he now is a Russian Oligarch with only one purpose, to get back what was stolen from him and his family.
MIDDLE: Ruthless, reckless, bold. Willing to commit crimes. Intends to kill Sophie to cover his tracks. Determined to find and seize all the Old Russian Masters that were stolen and kept safe by the Immortal Movement.
END: Underestimates Sophie Wolf’s determination to get to the Immortal Movement Paintings before him. Underestimate Sophie’s determination to stay alive.
ROUGH DRAFTS OF CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
SOPHIE WOLF
Dr. Sophie Wolf is art history professor, living in U. S. and abiding by witness protection rules after defecting from Russia. Her purpose is to keep her father and herself safe from the FSB, who doggedly search for them.
When Falisa’s murder and the theft of her Old Russian Masters threatens to expose Sophie and Zhora to public scrutiny, putting them in jeopardy of being discovered by FSB, Sophie determines to find and bring to justice the killer/art thief. During her investigation, she learns that a group calling themselves The Immortal Movement stole Old Russian Masters from under Lenin’s nose during the Bolshevik Revolution to keep them from being sold out of the country. She suspects that Falisa’s killer is after the Immortal Movement’s paintings.
Smart, daring, and caring, Sophie will take any risk necessary to find out who murdered Falisa and stole her paintings, including travel to Russia and work for the Tretyakov Gallery. Every step she takes jeopardizes her witness protection cover.
BILL HILLMAN
Bill Hillman is an FBI Agent working Russian organized crime and using Sophie’s father, Zhora ,as a paid informant. When Zhora is critically injured and Falisa is murdered by some Russian villain, caring, smart, and daring Bill’s purpose changes to protecting Zhora and Sophie, not only from Falisa’s murderer, but also from the FSB, hot on their heels.
Bill finds himself teaming up with Sophie to bring the villain to justice. With every step he takes with Sophie to Russia, posing as an Interpol instructor, the more likely he is to be exposed as FBI and cause an international incident between the U. S. and Russia. Every step he takes with Sophie brings them closer.
VITALY BURUNDUKOV
Vitaly Burundukov, a descendant of a Russian noble family, robbed and killed during the Bolshevik Revolution, is a Russian Oligarch with only one purpose, to get back what was stolen from him and his family. Ruthless, reckless, and bold, he is willing to commit crimes. From the beginning, he ntends to kill Sophie to cover his tracks.
Determined to find and seize Old Russian Masters that were stolen and kept safe by the Immortal Movement, he underestimates Sophie Wolf’s determination to stay alive and to get to the Immortal Movement Paintings before him.
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Eric Humble’s Character Descriptions
What I learned doing this assignment is: how interesting my characters can come across just by utilizing the decisions I made for the Bingeworthy Framework. This assignment was very useful in crafting descriptions similar to the way we write query letters in MSC, filled with hooks and interesting aspects of the characters. I’m still struggling a bit with where I want the concept of my second idea to land, so this took me a little longer to do than I had hoped, but I decided for now to keep working with the original information I have on the BWF to see if this gives me any further insights or breakthroughs.
Concept 1:
JUDE:
Jude is a brilliant, esteemed oncology researcher with an expensive lifestyle and a marriage to Catherine that has no secrets. And he’s about to make history when he discovers a blood sample might hold the key to curing cancer, no matter how advanced the stage… But everything changes when he intercepts Catherine’s medical diagnosis… she has inoperable cancer. With the cure just within reach, Jude decides to keep the diagnosis from her – and get the genetic information he needs to make the cure before her cancer takes hold.
But the mysterious blood sample came from Dres, a homeless con artist who refuses to help him… and who is being hunted by people trying to kill her. Jude tracks her through the seedy underbelly of criminals and cons runs in, but his lack of street-smarts puts him in more danger at every turn. He’s desperate to keep Dres safe until he can study her… only to suspect these faceless assassins are taking orders from someone closer to his world, targeting her because of same genetic anomaly he’s after. He charms his way into a position at a Big Pharma company pressuring him to suppress his findings, then goes head-to-head with Marks, the powerful CEO, trying to edge him out and get his job – and his access to whatever cabal is hunting Dresl.
But Jude is now being targeted by the cabal, too. The company’s need for his research is the only thing keeping him alive… but Marks’s own research team is catching up to him. Can Jude outwit them all and develop the cure before it’s too late?
DRES:
Dres is a charismatic, seductive con artist who preys on greedy, lustful corporate execs and manages to live under the radar by constantly moving around… until she finds herself pursued by a cabal of highly-trained, dangerous assassins.
But she has a lifetime’s experience of evading danger… more than a lifetime, in fact. A century’s worth. Because Dres is immortal, capable of living forever unless her life is ended unnaturally, as was her mother’s. When Jude approaches her and seems to have a line on the cabal that killed her mother and is now after her, she gets what info she can from him then disappears to pursue her own course of revenge. She seduces CEO Marks in the guise of a fellow executive who can grant him power… all the while playing a separate con on Jude’s wife Catherine. But when an assassin makes another attempt on her life and she and Catherine kill him in the ensuing fight, she spurs Catherine to dispose of the body and hide the crime – to protect them both.
Now, working at cross purposes to Jude yet partner-in-crime to his wife, she sets about infiltrating the very cabal that’s hunting her, unaware that she’s not their only target. There are other immortals out there who may need the help of one of their own in order to escape this shadowy all-powerful organization.
MARKS:
Marks is a powerful CEO whose decisions are capable of moving markets and affecting billions of people daily… but his life is spinning out of control. His daughter is dying of MS. And he’s in trouble with the secret cabal he’s a member of – his directive was to kill Dres, but the initial attempt was thwarted by Jude, and he’s becoming increasingly paranoid that his mentor, The Cabal Leader, will target him as punishment.
Within the cabal, he finds himself in competition with Mr. Jacques, the head of the European sector, who has tracked another immortal here to New York. He’s desperate to increase his standing, at least in public, so he initiates a deal with a Big Tech company by trying to seduce its CEO… not realizing that she is Drea, running a con on him. He invites Jude into his company ostensibly to keep an eye on him, but then needs to drive his team mercilessly to try and beat Jude to the cure.
But Marks come to believe the Cabal Leader is lying to them. That the immortals can cure more than cancer, can perhaps even cure his daughter. But to get access to the cabal’s hidden records, he will need to usurp the Cabal Leader’s position. To save himself and his daughter, he needs more power than ever, and the key to achieving it is killing Jude and Dres!
CATHERINE:
Catherine is a crusading attorney, analytical, a fighter, with a talent for seeing through lies, who is trying to take down Big Pharma starting with the keystone organization in the industry, Marks’s company. Her marriage to Jude is born out of an all-encompassing love, and the two have no secrets from one another. But she becomes sick – and even though Jude claims it’s nothing to worry about, she’s sensing it’s cancer… perhaps advanced enough that she can’t beat it.
But before she can investigate her suspicions, she’s targeted by Dres, whom she sizes up as a con artist… when both of them are attacked by one of the cabal’s assassins! She and Dres kill the man in the struggle, then decide to destroy the body and cover up the death before it attracts more attention and more attempts on Dres. But the police get wind, putting Catherine in their sites. And the cabal’s members could be anywhere. Meanwhile, her marriage is divided by Jude’s refusal to acknowledge her illness and his gaslighting of her… and by his suddenly taking a job at the very company she’s trying to bring down.
As her illness increases in intensity, and her marriage fragments, she needs answers about her cancer… because she has secrets of her own, after all. Catherine is an immortal like Dres, much older than her—200 years old. And she isn’t supposed to be capable of getting sick. The only one who may have the answers is her lover from 70 years ago… the Leader of the Cabal. If she makes contact, he may open up the cabal’s secrets to her… or he may kill her. But if she’s dying anyway, is it worth the risk?
Concept 2:
DARREN:
Darren is a by-the-book FBI Agent, about to make a career-making bust. When suddenly, the media swarm the place and question Scoleri about his run for President… just as he’s ordered to stand his men down over the radio.
Darren quits the FBI in a rage. Realizes Scoleri is too protected now and ruthless enough to go all the way and win, further increasing his powers… which means the only way to finally catch him is to be there at the end of the line. So he gets a job with the sitting President’s reelection campaign. He’s got two targets for his scheme – reveal Scoleri as a mass murdering mob boss by the time he’s facing the sitting President… and reveal to the world that the sitting President’s law protecting candidates is the reason Scoleri went free in the first place. The only problem, the campaign’s chief of staff sizes him up as having an ulterior motive and sidelines.
It’s going to be a long road to the top of the political ladder, and to get there, Darren will have to cross every ethical line in the book. What he isn’t planning on is how much he’ll enjoy the freedom to be as bad as the bad guys!
SCOLERI:
Armand Scoleri is a ruthless mob boss who kills, runs guns, drugs, and any other illicit good that fetches a high price. He knows FBI Agent Darren is onto him and is girding for all-out war… until a mysterious online presence files paperwork and raises an enormous amount to capital to project him into the Presidential race… without his knowing. For a man used to ruling from the shadows, this would be unconscionable… except for a new law that protects anyone running for Federal office from Federal prosecution–for the duration of their campaign.
Facing a life sentence the second he drops out or loses, Scoleri pivots to establishing a campaign, while secretly trying to identify whoever set him on the course and find out what they want out of it. But to get to the general election, he must first win the party’s nomination over the well-established front-runner. A mobster with no compunction about using mob tactics, Scoleri and his equally ruthless son set about blackmailing everyone in the party leadership to win their undying allegiance. But this is an election, not a gangland takeover – there’s still the obstacle of getting the votes from a huge voting block propping up the presumptive nominee.
And the only way to win them over is to personally revitalize a waterfront neighborhood he’s spent years economically depressing. Can he convince the direct victims of his criminal empire that he’s a “man of the people,” or will he be out of the race – and behind bars – before it even gets in gear?
ECO:
Eco is a timid mob lawyer, far removed from any of the business’s unpleasantness although privy to all its secrets. He finds himself suddenly thrust into being the only choice to run the real family business in Scoleri’s absence – because the entire Scoleri family are being hounded day and night by paparazzi. Eco is out of his depth, but has no choice but to shield the empire from public view while continuing to run it from the shadows.
An independent political watchdog organization starts sniffing around the family’s mobfront businesses immediately. On its heels is a Congressional investigation into foreign influence in American business – headed by none other than Darren’s wife, Rebecca, a high-ranking Congresswoman. But the threats aren’t all from without – Eco has to vie with Scoleri Jr. for control of the empire. And this is dangerous – because, unbeknownst to anyone, Eco was Bender and Darren’s informant throughout the investigation that nearly toppled the organization. But Eco is a survivor and master strategist – and starts playing all sides against the middle.
He turns Bender into his informant inside the FBI. He seduces Rebecca, giving him leverage into the Congressional investigation as well as Darren’s ultimate plan. But when a rival mob makes a play to take over one of Scoleri’s waterfront operations that handles importing drugs, Eco faces his greatest test – can he embrace violence and use real Mafia strength against a dangerous enemy… or is still just a timid bookkeeper at heart?
BENDER:
Bender is Darren’s partner, who finds his own career in jeopardy when Darren quits and he is left to handle the fallout of the Scoleri case.
He wants to salvage some credibility by obtaining the lead position on the Organized Crime Task Force, but now must compete with an esteemed senior officer to get the promotion. Still loyal to Darren, he fulfills his old partner’s request to covertly monitor Scoleri after the case is shelved, going so far as to try and reignite the case by stoking a rival gang into making a play for Scoleri’s turf to draw Scoleri out.
But the pressures of his job and financial insecurity for his family lead to a relapse in his secret addiction: gambling. He puts his family in debt to a loan shark. And finds himself blackmailed by his old informant Eco–who now has the power to bail him out or to destroy him–to spy on his own people, Will Bender betray the FBI to save himself?
REBECCA:
Rebecca is Darren’s loving wife, a powerful Congresswoman who commands fierce respect yet finds herself helpless as her husband’s career craters.
But when Darren hatches his scheme to enter the political world and position himself to defeat Scoleri on the public stage, Rebecca counsels him on how to rise fast. She is placed on a committee to investigate Russian activity in American businesses, which leads her to a fateful reunion with Eco, a lawyer who counseled her years ago during a moment of doubt in her marriage… me this leads to an unforeseen, passionate affair. But Rebecca loves her life and marriage and longs to repair both, if the damage isn’t too great.
If only that life were her own. Because unbeknownst to anyone, Rebecca is a Russian spy. She was nearly executed for failing to infiltrate the FBI’s intelligence through her husband, as she was ordered… and saved her own life by hatching this scheme: she is the one who launched Scoleri’s POTUS run. The endgame: get Scoleri in the White House, because the Kremlin knows how to handle gangsters and will have a puppet ruling the US. Her life hangs in the balance… and the only one who might be able to stop her is her loving husband.
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George Petersen- Character Descriptions
What I learned from doing this assignment is that characters are people too.
KATE WARNE
Who is the character? First female detective, Pinkerton’s assistant
Role in the show? Protagonist, novice who ultimately runs the spy operation
Noteworthy traits: Charm, people naturally trust her
Intriguing history: recently widowed
Intrigue? Secret Identity: Miss Dixie, firecracker Southern Belle socialite is a shy Union spy
Mystery? Out to discover the details of the assassination plot before Pinkerton knows about it
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? She tricks Ferrandini into thinking she loves him and wants to marry him
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: tricking people into entrapping themselves, thereby using their own words as evidence to get them imprisoned
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters: Out to discover the details of the assassination plot before Pinkerton knows about it
Unpredictable? She gets an idea and runs with it, instead of running it by her boss first
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: She tricks Ferrandini into thinking she loves him and wants to marry him
Young, beautiful, all of twenty-four, I think, she didn’t deserve what happened to her. Who expects to lose a husband at that age? Now a widow of limited means, you’d expect her to take her place in a little corner of life. That’s what Pinkerton thought: cheap clerical help. But she wasn’t answering the ad for clerical help — she was answering the ad for a detective. Female detective? Really? Kate’s point was that women could go places men couldn’t go. They could “worm” their way into relationships, become confidants of the wives of criminals, find out where the money was buried before men could. And so, the first female detective was born. As well as a race with Pinkerton to be the first to discover the details of the plot to assassinate the President as he passes through Baltimore. Imagine Pinkerton’s surprise when she tells him that the man who is the ringleader of the plot is the man cutting his hair: his barber and drinking buddy, Cyprio. And just as he’s getting over that, she tells him that she’s engaged to be married to Cyprio. How could she do that? Doesn’t she realize how dangerous he is? Better walk that wire carefully, Miss Dixie, firecracker Southern Belle socialite.
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CYPRIO FERRANDINI
Who is the character? The gentleman’s barber of Baltimore
Role in the show? Antagonist, chief organizer of the plot to assassinate the President
Noteworthy traits: handsome, suave, but lonely
Intriguing history: fought with the fascists in Italy
Intrigue? he pretends to be a pleasant barber, then gets you to surrender your secrets
Mystery? Who will he select to assassinate the President?
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? He’s out to make certain, one way or another, that the President doesn’t make it through Baltimore alive
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: Angry, violent – but gentle in bed
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters: He competes against the disorganized, violent gangs of Baltimore for dominance over the plot to assassinate the President
Unpredictable? uncontrolled anger, acts without thinking, without considering the consequences of his actions
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: he wants to marry Miss Dixie / he needs to be a hero to the Confederacy
Is this man handsome, or what? He’s got those long black curly locks, pushed back behind his ears with that new oil they use. And the black mustache, against that pale white complexion. You’d think he’s a man of the theater. He’s got that little shop in the best hotel, the center of social life in Baltimore. And as the city’s gentleman’s barber, he’s privy to the city’s dark secrets, talk as men do as their hair is being trimmed. There is nothing stopping him from becoming the hero to the Confederacy that he so desperately wants to be, if it weren’t for the buffoons in the KGC and the trigger-happy leaders of the street gangs. How could people be so stupid? We’re supposed to do this secretly, you know. If people don’t start listening to him a lot of people are going to be arrested. Even hung. People better start organizing and listening to him. It takes a military man to get things done. Someone not afraid to do what’s necessary. He’s the best barber in town, but if he finds out you’re a Yankee spy, he won’t hesitate to cut your throat.
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ALAN PINKERTON
Who is the character? Owner/Operator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, the first detective agency in the United States
Role in the show? Triangle character, Formal head of the spy operation in Baltimore
Noteworthy traits: devoted to the art of secrecy
Intriguing history: trained escaped slaves in the skills of being a Cooper, as part of the Underground Railroad
Intrigue? He works with his detective team to uncover the secrets in Baltimore
Mystery? He wants to discover who is running the assassination plot, unaware that the leader of the plot is cutting his hair
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? He uses disguise and free alcohol and money to trick people into revealing their innermost secrets
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: A friendly businessman who is a spy
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters: he disguises himself as a jovial wealthy businessman who buys drinks and spreads his money around freely with the intention of getting people to talk
Unpredictable? Always jumping in and out of character / what will he do next?
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: He milks his barber for information on Baltimore, unaware that his barber, Ferrandini, heads the assassination plot
The art of secrecy. That’s what makes him tick. Secrecy isn’t just a tool, it’s an art. To be an effective detective means being on top of a lot of things: like an actor on stage, a costume designer, a makeup artist, a linguist. And then there is the art of the operation itself: who walks in, when, and who walks out, where. Entrances and exits. Don’t blow your lines. Live the part. And live it he does. Franklin, the exclusive stockbroker, in on the best deals, happy to buy drinks all round, happy to pay out big dividends to Southern gentlemen who trust him, a stalwart of the Confederacy. This penny-pincher could never spend that kind of money in real life. He’s a living contradiction: never more himself when he’s busy being someone else.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Who is the character? President of the United States
Role in the show? The mark, a target character
Noteworthy traits: likable, generous, trustworthy, humorous — always joking, extremely intelligent, always thinking, nothing gets past him, he doesn’t talk a lot, but his eyes are always scanning for information — like a shark
Intriguing history: the first politician to have his speeches published in the newspapers / the first to be photographed
Intrigue? Is the plot to assassinate him real — or just rumor? After all, no American president has ever been assassinated. Calm down why don’t you?
Mystery? Will he be the first president to be assassinated?
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? His basic goodness and belief in fair play when it comes to the issue of slavery drives and inflames those who want to assassinate him
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: the melancholic man when alone is the storyteller who gets everyone laughing when in public
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters: his resistance to security measures, which puts him in direct conflict with Pinkerton
Unpredictable? always considering the alternatives, always changing his mind, saying one thing, doing another
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: The father of three sons, Kate becomes the daughter he never had
For those who don’t know him, Abraham Lincoln is an American president who is revered as a nice guy, the president who liberated the slaves. But for us, he is the most savvy of politicians, a man you don’t want to cross, for fear you might end up in a ditch — politically speaking, that is. Most people know him as the grand storyteller, the man who gets people laughing, but we know him as a deeply melancholic man, a man who seems to take on other people’s suffering as his own. He’s extremely intelligent, always thinking, nothing gets past him; he doesn’t talk a lot, but his eyes are always scanning for information — like a shark. He’s not a military man, a man of guns and things like that, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to handle a weapon. His weapon, you see, are words. First comes that stare, that piercing stare, and then the words, the words that can cut and slice you to pieces. Remember, whatever you do, don’t cross him politically. Don’t let his nice guy manners and his infectious laugh get to you. I’m not here to prevent you from doing what you want, but don’t say I didn’t warn you if you find yourself waking up in a ditch.
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Rafal’s Character Descriptions
What I learned doing this assignment is that going to the description of characters in steps rather than trying to write it at once gives better quality and probably saves time as well.
2. answer the following questions:
Who is the character? Role in the show?: Arcadia – a former hospital ordinator on her deathbed satisfied with her long life has just one last medical mission to complete before she says goodbye, make her morbidly aggressive granddaughter fit for life in society and happy.
Noteworthy traits: Brave, caring, ambitious, stubborn, a hypocrite who turns into a ruthlessly truthful person,
Intriguing history: As the ordinator of the hospital she made many medical errors with deadly results and only her husband knew about it.
I<div>ntrigue? Mystery?: She was living in denial of her guilt, and her husband was the only person aware of it. So she started to cheat on him and he started to drown out his stress with alcohol until he died drunk in accident. She feels guilty for that.
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? She undercuts the financial foundations of the hospital – her family’s financial base, pushes herself and her hospital mates to deadly situations, hurts people who she lied to for years with saying the truth now.
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: At the end of her life Arcadia destroys everything what she was building the whole life.
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters: She realises she needs to unteach her son everything that she taught him the whole life. She has to undo all the lies of her life
Unpredictable?: At the end all her life sins backfire on her and the beloved ones. What more wrongdoings is she hiding and how will they affect Christine, Matthew and Eve? How? She must also overcome her diseases, invent new cures and test them on herself just to be able to fight for the well-being of her granddaughter for one week longer. What effect will they have on her?
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: Arcadia competes for recognition among the patients with her son Matthew, as well as for love of Christine.3. Organise the answers
START: Arcadia – a retired hospital ordinator on her deathbed satisfied with her long life has just one last medical mission to complete before she says goodbye, make her morbidly aggressive granddaughter fit for life in society and at leats a little bit happier.
MIDDLE: Arcadia’s discovers that her past infidelity, greed, ambition and vanity resulted in the death of many of her patients who could have been saved. How will she deal with her remorse and fix her medical errors she would make years ago. How will she, 70 years old grandma, investigate Christine’s schoolmates? Fighting new waves of illnesses, plotting against her own son and the policy of the hospital she must defence her medical entitlements and investigate reasons of Christine’s aggressive behaviour. She discovers that it is her fully hypocritical life which marks the deep source of Christine’s vulnerability. Yet she must overcome her own diseases, invent new cures testing them on herself just to be able to fight for the well-being of her granddaughter a year, a month, a week longer.
END: She becomes antisistemic charlatan who uses her perfect knowledge about the system. Only a complete truthful reckoning with the past and punishing those responsible, including her son and herself, might bring some peace for her granddaughter. But how will she earn her peace back discovering always new and new wrongdoings of her own, which now mirror in her son’s behaviour and her granddaughter’s despair.
Will she gain her peace back before she dies knowing the truth about herself? Will she manage to offer her granddaughter real hope of effective healing?
ROUGH DRAFT DESCRIPTION
Arcadia – a retired hospital ordinator on her deathbed satisfied with her long life has just one last medical mission to complete before she says goodbye, make her morbidly aggressive granddaughter happier and fit for life in society. Confronted with the extreme vulnerability of her beloved granddaughter she must overcome her usual traits like greed, ambition and vanity, hypocrisy to stand up to her son and all her professional achievements, to become uncompromisingly honest, as her granddaughter Christine is. That makes her to start her way of final judgment, punishment and atonement. But this means necessity of undermining everything that she achieved in her live, not excluding unleashing a fight against her son who now mirrors her issues. But she is not only to face her past, yet presence as well. Not to die before she accomplishes her aim she must run risks with new cures for her new and new diseases.
Christine
Who is the character? Role in the show?: Christine – a golden granddaughter, under constant family pressure to meet their high expectations as to her personal conduct, ambitions and standards. A task that proves too deceptive for kindhearted teenage and results in episodes of total aggressive mania – when enraged she’s a danger to whoever is in sight as well as herself.
Noteworthy traits: Unable to tolerate lies, insecure, kindhearted, self-harming, feeling like she doesn’t belong, requiring a lot of warmth and patience that she can’t get, therefore she’s a fast thinking pessimist, easy discovering the darkest possible future.
Intriguing history: She loves a boy who dumped her after she severely beat him up, she can’t say why. Will she manage to find her way, or will she succumb to despair and violence?
Intrigue? Mystery?: None whatsoever on the part of Christine, however her parents do try to manipulate her in many ways, therefore at some point Christine starts to plot with her Arcadia (once she gets her trust) against them.
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? She confronts the hypocrisy and sternly showcases the sins of those around her in conversations, while fighting not fall into their footsteps. Outside of family relations she’s trying to project a perfect image at all cost, and it usually backfires.
Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: On one hand she hates the way things are in her family, yet she doesn’t know how to not be that, therefore she’s depressed. She has a lot of empathy, however whenever someone close to her hurts her, she unleashes all hell unable to forgive.
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters: Fitting in with her family, fulfilling her role as a daughter, trying to satisfy her parents, while being in complete semi-concious disagreement with their hierarchy of values. Being bluntly honest, and having attacks of rage in certain circumstances.
Unpredictable?: Hardly keeps any secrets,
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: Developing the first truly honest relationship with Arcadia throughout the series, weird relationship with her father, requiring his approval and kindness, but being angry at him for failing her in that regard, thus antagonistic. With the boy she likes – they looks like are meant to be together but… he is afraid of her and therefore treats her as a psycho, pretending a bullySTART: Christine – a golden granddaughter, under constant family pressure to meet their high expectations. A task that proves too deceptive for kindhearted Christine and results in episodes of total aggressive mania – when enraged she’s a danger to whoever is in sight as well as herself.
MIDDLE: Unable to tolerate lies, insecure, feeling like she doesn’t belong, requiring a lot of warmth and patience that she can’t get, therefore she’s a fast thinking pessimist, always discovering the darkest possible future. Discovering huge shift in Arcadias attitude to life she opens to her and lets her be a mentor. She loves the idea that others are to be punished for her weaknesses, she starts to plot, scheme and lie herself.
END: She becomes free from the burden of the parents and grandparents generation’s life mistakes, becomes independent and refuses being guided by any of them. Free from her aggression drive Christine starts doing life errors of her own.
ROUGH DRAFT DESCRIPTION
Christine is a golden granddaughter under constant family pressure to meet their high expectations. However unable to tolerate their lies and schemes she is insecure, feeling like she doesn’t belong, requiring a lot of warmth and patience that she can’t get. Farther more she does not understand why she cannot control her aggressive behaviour – when enraged she’s a danger to whoever is in sight as well as herself or her beloved boyfriend.
Therefore she has become fast thinking pessimist, always discovering the darkest possible future.
Discovering huge shift her grandma attitude to life she slowly opens to her and lets her to act as a mentor. She loves the idea that others are to be punished for her instability and weaknesses, she starts to plot, scheme against her parents, schoolmates, and the system as Arcadia’s best friend, yet emotionally dependant.
Will she become free from the burden of the parents and grandparents generation’s life mistakes and become really independent.
When liberated from her aggression mania Christine starts doing life errors of her own.
Matthew
Who is the character? Role in the show?: Matthew is son of Arcadia and father of Christine. Covering his disappointment with his daughter emotional instability and trying to support her yet without compromising any of his business objectives and agendas.
Noteworthy traits: Greedy, ruthless, perfectionist who wants to prove his power and manhood to his dominating mother. Abstinent.
Intriguing history: He blames his dead father Stan for being weak and too dependent on Arcadia. He thinks of his father with disregard as he believes alcohol addiction was the true and the only reason of his death.
Intrigue? Mystery?: He is cheated by his wife, just like his father was cheated by his mother, yet he does not admits how it hurts him. He loves Arcadia, yet he would like her to finally die so he could gain the full control over the hospital.
How do they support or drive the conflict with others? Opposing Arcadia on every field. Irony — Opposites or paradoxes that exist with the character: <i style=””>He fights against mother because he is very much alike her, all his medical system driven efforts to heal Christine put her apart, he wants to prove his manhood fighting against his mother.
Opposing agendas/etc. that naturally causes conflict with other characters:
Unpredictable?: When he drinks, he might be even more danger than his daughter.
Intriguing relationship with one or more characters: Competing for dominance with Arcadia, pretending perfect marriage with cheating on him Eve, forsing on Christine the therapy and treatment according to their hospital standards. Christine becomes an asset for him, he wants to win her respect and obedience.START: Matthew is son of Arcadia and father of Christine. Covering his disappointment with his daughter emotional instability and trying to support her yet without compromising any of his business objectives and agendas.
MIDDLE: Greedy, ruthless, perfectionist who wants to prove his power and manhood to his dominating mother. Abstinent. He is cheated by his wife, just like his father was cheated by his mother, yet he does not admits how it hurts him. He loves Arcadia, yet he would like her to finally die so he could gain the full control over the hospital.
END: When he discovers that it is Christine who receives Arcadia’s of the hospital on her 18th birthday he must choose between his agenda and relation with his daughter.
ROUGH DRAFT DESCRIPTION
Matthew is son of Arcadia and father to Christine. Covering his disappointment with the daughter emotional instability he is trying to cure her rather than support. Without compromising any of his business objectives and agendas. He is greedy, ruthless, perfectionist who wants to prove his power and manhood to his dominating mother. He fights against the image of his father who died because of alcohol – Matthew never drinks, so discovering that he is cheated by his wife, just like his father was cheated by his mother, he does not admit how it hurts him.
Of course he loves Arcadia, yet he would like her to finally die so he could gain the full control over the hospital, his life, his daughter. Instead he must compete with her about the hospital policy, sympathy of Christine. Maybe he is not sure if he likes Arcadia or hates her as the main threat to his image of himself.
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Subject line: David Quinn’s Character Descriptions
What I learned doing this assignment: once again, the exercises show me that I know my characters and my story but it takes work to focus unraveling what makes them intriguing.
Blythe
· A ruthless night hunter kills creatures obsessively – unknown to her, she was the first of these creatures.
· Only Blythe can see the creatures as they really are, hiding among night society.
· Blythe believes she kills for revenge, for killing her lover Ian – but the creatures know the truth, he is still alive, and he covertly manipulates them to disrupt Blythe’s agenda.
· Blythe hides her fear of weakness / losing control; willing to expose rage but not pain. Blythe copes through violence and denial
· Ironically, only in killing does Blythe confront her own human empathy and aloneness.
· Blythe is unpredictable; How far will she go to kill sisters? What collateral damage? What will she do when she finally faces Ian?
· with both of her former lovers, Alice James and Ian, Blythe needs love / partnership / she hides behind a mask: human who needs / trusts no one
· Blythe sets herself up for betrayal with both Alice James and Ian – and betrayal is her very worst trigger
START: A lonely woman nursing emotional wounds from her dimly remembered past hunts exotic monsters masquerading as women. She obsesses, on a mission of revenge for the death of her lover, Ian.
MIDDLE: She stalks and battles monsters – they even team up against her and nearly destroy her – still haunted by mysteries: why can she alone see the creatures? How can they exist? Why can’t she stop thinking about her lover? Blythe insists that she doesn’t care about other people – but her war protects them, nonetheless. Ironically, Blythe feels more alive than ever drenched in the blood of the “sisters.” But Blythe can’t avoid entangling in the lives of humans of the night life, including an urban shaman named Alice James, her former lover.
ENDING: Betrayed by Alice James in a moment of intimate weakness, Blythe is exposed to a pack of creatures in an organized attack using information about her they could not know, because only Ian knew it! Captured, tortured and forced to “stand trial,” Blythe confronts a painful truth: Ian is alive. He hid from her – and manipulates the creatures and Alice James to defeat her. Overwhelmed, Blythe becomes more ruthless than ever, stepping up the slaughter, but when she finally confronts Ian she has to face another wrenching truth – Ian created the creatures when he made love to them. Blythe was the first to be transformed by his experimental virus. And his work has only just begun.
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Eloise Healey’s Character Descriptions
What I leaned doing this assignment is to keep the initial “start” of the character brief – harder than it seems! I haven’t nailed them yet.
Ellen
Ellen Richardson is determined but scarred, emotionally and physically. A convict woman on the verge of getting her ticket-of-leave, Ellen is sick of being controlled – by the system, by guards, by men. On her release, Ellen hatches an audacious plan to establish a female-only colony on the mainland; to hell with the fact it’s illegal. As well as having survive the wilderness, Ellen will have her leadership challenged, be betrayed by friends and make impossible choices as she becomes increasingly like the men she reviles in order to keep her colony in control and man-free.
James
An escaped prisoner desperate to survive, James throws himself on the mercy of the camp full of women. In dire need of love and support, James will use all his wit and charm to convince the camp he has as much to offer them as they have him. He sees the divisions between the women and exploits them for his own survival but is he really the victim he claims to be? For a man who supposedly escaped a Sydney prison, he is a long, long way from where he’s supposed to be…
Mary
A young woman who follows her heart rather than her head, Mary believes the best in people and, in return, is viewed as the innocent, naïve girl everyone wants to help. But beneath her good intentions lies a deceitful streak. Mary hates conflict but lying to avoid conflict only generates bigger problems, while her desire to follow her heart will see her turn against her best friend and conspire to overthrow the leader of the colony in order to get what she wants – so much for “the nice girl”!
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