[Kimberly Pinto]

Kim’s Transformational Journey

“What I learned doing this assignment is…?”

That even though I’ve had this character/concept in my brain for a bit, thinking ahead to the end of this journey where my protagonist ends up, helped spark new motivations/ways to flesh out her character early on. It was a good exercise because it also helped me hone in on the protagonist specifically, rather than going down rabbit holes of developing supporting characters or secondary plot threads as a way to procrastinate (a trap I fall into a lot)

Who is your Hero and what is their Character Arc that represents a transformation?

My hero is Mara. 39, smart, successful, stubborn eldest daughter, and closeted asexual/aromantic, who learns her longtime dream of having a baby/traditional family can still be achieved, if she’s willing to go the nontraditional route for the first time in her life.

Internal Journey: From closed off and consumed by her own self interests/self preservation, to emotionally available and present with those she fully lets into her life.

External Journey: Only thinks herself worthy/capable of love from her immediate family, but comes to find platonic love and acceptance through the family she’s formed, and those she met along the way.

3. What are the Old Ways and New Ways?

Old Ways:

Isolated/closed off, slightly agoraphobic

Inauthentic and hiding who she is/what she really wants

Fearful/anxious

Rigid and uncompromising when it comes to the one path she thinks will make her happiest

Drinks excessively to cope

Leans into comfort zone of family even though they aren’t the comfort she actually needs

New Ways:

Travels in pursuit of goal

Becomes open/honest about who she is/what she needs

Learns of alternate paths that could work to make her happy

Finds comfort zone with people letting her finally be herself

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[Kimberly Pinto]

1. Name: Kim Pinto, Chicago based but currently working from my home(town) in Western New York.

2. How many scripts you’ve written? 1 full length TV pilot script and the script for a short film I creatively produced (that’s still in rough cut stages). Some SNL style sketches (if those count). I also have a few WIP’s kicking around in Final Draft.

3. What you hope to get out of the class? To stop getting stuck midway through a draft, (or worse, getting stuck pre draft/after outlining out an idea)

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I told my career counselor in high school that I wanted to be a screenwriter because I loved movies and TV, when the real reason was I wanted to be paid for the hobby/pastime that had sustained me since middle school, writing fan fiction. (I had a fanfiction.net account when I was fourteen. I met one of my best friends through the X-Files fandom. I was and still am that much of a nerd).

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