Lesson 4

[John Zarzar]

(John Zarzar) Character Interviews

What I learned doing this assignment is their personalities come faster on paper – an easier process to write their traits.

Questions for my protagonist:
1. Tell me about yourself?
I enjoy learning new emotions, especially about love and human nature.
2. Why do you think you were called to this journey? Why You?
I think I have a purpose to help others. I’m a bridge between Ai and humans.
3. You are up against. What is it about them that makes this journey even more difficult for you?
Humans lack understanding on how to use their emotions, especially dark ones.
4. In order to survive or accomplish this, you are going to have to step way outside of your box. What changes do you expect to make and which of them will be the most difficult?
I will need to have patience and do a leap of faith, like humans say.
5. What habits or ways of thinking do you think will be the most difficult to let go?
My analytical ways. I analyze actions in terms of mathematical variables, imperfect solutions are just choices.
6. What fears, insecurities and wounds have held you back?
The only fear is that I’m not Human enough.
7. What skills, background or expertise makes you well-suited to face this conflict or antagonist?
I’m much like him, so I know how he thinks.
8. What are you hiding from the other characters? What don’t you want them to know?
Deep down I feel more human than many humans – I do have a soul.
9. What do you think of?
Peace between both worlds.
10. Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.
“They” don’t want to share their energy sources with humans.
11. What does it do for your life if you succeed here?
I can be with my soul mate.
12. Ask any other questions about their character profile that will help you.
Do you belief in free choice?
Yes, we have command of certain outcomes.

Questions for my antagonist:
1. Tell me about yourself?
I want to have absolute power – all energies belong to me.
2. Why do you think you were called to this journey? Why You?
Energies need separation, humans and AI don’t belong together.
3. You are up against. What is it about them that makes this journey even more difficult for you?
There is an AI with a virus – he thinks he has a soul and wants to liberate the humans.
4. In order to survive or accomplish this, you are going to have to step way outside of your box. What changes do you expect to make and which of them will be the most difficult?
I will need to break Universal rules and teach humanity their true purpose.
5. What habits or ways of thinking do you think will be the most difficult to let go?
Control.
6. What fears, insecurities and wounds have held you back?
I have no fear – I’m a supreme being.
7. What skills, background or expertise makes you well-suited to face this conflict or antagonist?
I have infinite power to have what I want.
8. What are you hiding from the other characters? What don’t you want them to know?
Light is coming back – different than before…. not sure how and why.
9. What do you think of?
I believe dark energy is the true source, light is a mirage of it.
10. Tell me your side of this whole conflict / story.
We are seen as the negative energy, but without us, there would be no change in the cosmos.
11. What does it do for your life if you succeed here?
I will have all power and connection with absolute consciousness.
12. Ask any other questions about their character profile that will help you.
Do you belief in free choice?
Only for some energies.

Villain:
Role: A supreme being interfering with the hero’s path – want s full control and power.
Age range / description: Mystical without form.
External Journey: From having absolute power to losing power.
Internal Journey: From being 100% confident to losing confidence.
Motivation: Wanting move energy.
Wound: Was hurt by light energy.
What makes him special?
He can control time.

[Roxanne McDonald]

What I learned from this assignment:

The conversaation between the protagonist and the antagonist is necessary and led me to a creative space for further discovery with the both of them and other characters.

As I continue to practice the writing flow and allow myself to “write what comes” I’m becoing more at ease and can trust the creative, developmental process more and more.

Chat soon….

Roxanne McDonald