Lesson 6

[Copper Wiezi]

Copper – Transformational Structure

What I Learned Doing This Assignment Is…
“I learned that every stage of transformation comes with resistance, loss, and moments of doubt. Kim’s journey reflects how breaking free isn’t just about rebellion—it’s about embracing evolution, even when it’s terrifying.”

1. Primary Character: Kim
2. Transformational Journey: Kim, a transgender woman rejected by society, discovers reality is a prison. With the help of an enlightened mentor, she must embrace her evolution and awaken others before it’s too late.

3. Act 1 – Set Up & Old Ways (25-30 pages)
Opening: Kim is surviving in Cyberpunk New Orleans, living out of her Volkswagen camper van, keeping her head down. She works at a coffeehouse, avoiding attention, never letting anyone get too close. She doesn’t believe in anything beyond the physical world.

Inciting Incident: Kim meets Liam at an underground club, where she sees strange distortions in her surroundings for the first time. Liam hints that her reality is a lie and that she is more than human. Though skeptical, Kim feels an unexplainable pull toward him.

Turning Point: Kim is confronted by enforcers of the religious-corporate system that controls the city. Maybe she tries to defend someone being harassed, or she pushes back against authority. Things escalate, and she’s forced to run—her old life is officially over.

4. Act 2 – Challenge the Old Ways (20-30 pages)
Reaction: Kim is on the run, her old life destroyed. Liam offers her refuge, but she doesn’t fully trust him or his teachings.

Plan: Kim tries to survive using her old ways, but they fail. The system is hunting her, and she is forced to confront a truth she isn’t ready for.

Midpoint Turning Point: Kim steps in to defend a younger transgender female being attacked by a religious bigot husband and wife. In the heat of the moment, she taps into her power for the first time—an ability she never knew she had.

5. Act 3 – Escalating Conflict (20-30 pages)
Escalating Conflict: Kim begins embracing her power, but the more she pushes back, the more the system retaliates.

She faces her biggest loss yet.

Climax Moment: Kim is forced into a final confrontation where she must make an impossible choice—stay safe and hidden or step fully into her evolution, knowing there’s no turning back.

6. Act 4 – The Resolution (Final 20-30 pages)
Resolution: Kim embraces who she is, fully evolved. She no longer runs or hides—she steps into her role as a leader.

The Final Outcome: The world as she knew it is gone. Whether she shatters the system or rises beyond it, there’s no returning to her old self.

7. What is the Emotional Gradient you’ll use?
Forced Change – Denial → Anger → Bargaining → Depression → Acceptance.