[Kathleen Schneider]

Kit’s Transformational Journey

What I learned doing this assignment is the importance of focusing on what is important to the story foundation and recognizing the broader trends of what I want my story to be about instead of getting lost in the fun details.

Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation? – Monica Staub is a privileged married member of what she thinks is a health and wellness group but is in fact a vampire cult. When she refuses to graduate to the next level of commitment and is excommunicated, she must team up with a local band of vampire slayers to rescue her husband from the cult. By the end, she is the only one who can slay the head of the cult who has been covertly terrorizing the area for a couple of centuries.

Internal Journey: Monica’s internal journey is from selfish, judgmental and superficial to deeply caring, understanding and willing to fight for others

External Journey: Monica’s external journey takes her from being a privileged member of a cult that seems to be focused on health, fitness & spiritual awareness to being “The One” who slays the head of the vampire cult.

What are the Old Ways and New Ways?

Old Ways:

· focused on gaining privileges and retaining status in the cult

· uses physically working out to avoid connecting emotionally or dealing with trauma/change

· views a person’s ability to meet beauty standards as a reflection of that person’s character

New Ways:

· thinks and acts independently for herself and her goals within the team setting

· protects & supports others, especially those who are more vulnerable physically or emotionally

· accepts people in their totality based on their own actions and words