Lesson 7

[Copper Wiezi]

Copper … Connection with Audience
What I Learned Doing This Assignment Is…
“I learned that connecting with an audience isn’t just about making a character interesting—it’s about making them feel real. By giving Kim and Liam layers of struggle, mystery, and humanity, they become more than just characters. They become people the audience will follow, root for, and connect with on a deep level.”1. Primary Characters for Audience Connection

Kim – Transformational Character
Liam – Change Agent

2. Four Ways to Connect with the Audience
Kim (Transformational Character)
A. Relatability – They Are Us
1. Kim struggles with self-doubt, rejection, and feeling like she doesn’t belong—a universal human experience—feels like from a different planet.
2. She works at a coffeehouse, barely scraping by, living out of her Volkswagen camper van after being kicked out by her religious father.
3. She avoids conflict, keeps her head down, and tries not to be noticed.
4. She longs for connection and understanding, but fear of rejection keeps her isolated.

B. Intrigue – Drawing the Audience In
– Glitches in reality start happening, but only she notices—time loops, repeated phrases, objects subtly shifting. What she believes to be past lives
– A mysterious intersex stranger (Liam) always seems to be nearby, watching her with knowing eyes.
– Kim feels an unexplainable pull toward Liam but isn’t sure why.

C. Empathy – Feeling Her Struggle
– Kim is gaslit by society, treated as if she’s mentally ill or broken.
– A moment of deep vulnerability: Kim cries in her van, staring at herself in the mirror, questioning if she should just conform and stop fighting.
– When she is harassed by a religious customer at the coffee shop, she forces herself to stay silent—but we see the hurt in her eyes.

D. Likability – Why We Root for Her
– Despite everything, Kim has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor—even in dark moments, she makes little quips to herself.
– She helps a homeless teenager by giving them free coffee—even though she barely has enough money to survive herself.
– Kim isn’t perfect—she’s stubborn, makes mistakes, and pushes people away—but that makes her feel real.
– Her quiet acts of kindness and moments of vulnerability make us want her to win.

Liam (Change Agent)
A. Relatability – They Are Us
* Liam has lived through lifetimes of rejection, transformation, and struggle.
* Many people will see themselves in his journey of trying to awaken others while carrying the weight of past experiences.

B. Intrigue – Drawing the Audience In
* Liam is an evolved ultra-terrestrial and urban Buddhist who knows things no one else does.
* He speaks in riddles, hints at Kim’s destiny, and seems like he’s been waiting for her all along. Kim is familiar to him.
* The audience wants to understand: Who—or what—is Liam really?

C. Empathy – Feeling His Struggle
* Even though Liam is evolved, he still feels pain.
* He remembers lifetimes of rejection and has seen too many people fail to awaken.
* His burden is real, and we feel for him.

D. Likability – Why We Root for Him
* Liam is the wise mentor, but he’s not without personality.
* He has a calm intensity, but also moments of humor, sarcasm, and warmth.
* He genuinely cares about Kim’s journey, and his protectiveness makes him easy to love.