Lesson 5

[Robert Smith]

ROBERT R. SMITH’s VILLAIN HAS A GREAT PLAN!

WHAT I LEARNED IS…?

The essential questions on which to design a villain’s plan.

TO CREATE YOUR VILLAIN’S PLAN, ANSWER THESE FOUR QUESTION:

1. What is the end goal?

Dion Sharkey is an underworld trafficker in blood antiquities. He realizes one of his procurers, an archaeologist (Bob Lacey), has acquired from middle east terrorists a clay statue that is in fact a golem, thought to be only a powerful legendary monster in Jewish folklore – but this is the real thing. Sharkey’s goal is to get it from Bob by any means necessary.

2. How can the Villain accomplish that in a devious way?

At first he tries delivery men to kill Lacey and swipe the golem. When that fails, because the activated golem kills them, Sharkey plans a raid on the warehouse where he believes the golem is stored.

3. How can they cover it up?

Sharkey requires the secrecy of his army of soldiers but Sharkey can’t cover it, because his syndicate has been infiltrated by an interpol undercover officer (Ivan Rostov) investigating the black market of stolen art.

4. Sequence it to make it as intriguing as possible.

1. Sharkey is impressed by the golem story and the golem itself when Lacey activates by secret spells from a magical and mystical book buried with the golem and recovered by the terrorists.

2. Sharkey offers Lacey $1 million for the golem and the secret book. Lacey demands $20 million to which Sharkey says no.

3. Delivery men show up at Lacey’s storage warehouse where the golem is kept, they are killed by the golem.

4. Sharkey plans a raid.

5. Ivan Rostov of Interpol who has penetrated the Sharkey syndicate learns of this planned raid in which Lacey would be killed and golem stolen by the wrong hands (Sharkey) who would use it to benefit himself and his crime syndicate.

6. With promises of immunity for his crimes, Rostov recruits Lacey to help him lead an elite swat team to raid Sharkey’s headquarters and

7. In a final showdown, Rostov, Lacey, and the golem destroy Sharkey and his army of hitmen, discover troves of ‘blood antiquities’ acquired from terrorists, and deactivate the golem and bury him.

In a final scene, it is explained that the heritage of many ancient countries are exploited by terrorists to fund their operations. These blood antiquities are illegally housed in many western museums and private collections and the purchase or acquisition of them is theft of cultural heritage and funds terrorist activities.