[Liz Nellis]

Liz’s Hero and Villain

I learned to think broader in terms of my storyline.

Concept:

Hero
Morally Right: He is working to stop the murders in his hometown <div>

Villain
Morally Wrong: He is killing people he feels wronged him his whole life

Hero

Unique
Skill Set: Police/Detective experience, sixth sense
Motivation:
Stop the killings in town and put a murderer behind bars

Secret
or Wound: Losing his love to his best friend back in HS

Villain

Unbeatable:
Has places to go for shelter and friends that are on his side

Plan/Goal:
to kill anyone that he feels wronged him in life
What
they lose if Hero survives: Retribution in his own mind

Impossible Mission

Puts
Hero in Action: First murders discovered <div>

Demands They Go Beyond Their Best: The killer is protected by his community

Destroy
the Villain: Finding out who he is and stopping his rampage

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[Liz Nellis]

Liz’s Conventions!

What I learned doing this assignment was the Fill in the Blanks technique. It really made the process easier to answer the questions and get the story straight in my head.

Highly Skilled Hero: Retired Police officer now a consultant for his local Precinct

Mission: Identify and Stop a killer

Demand For Action: Bodies are piling up around town

Antagonist: Angry citizen feels everyone is against him

Escalating Action: The killer kidnaps our hero’s partner and the threat of retribution or revenge if he is hindered in his goal in any way will be to assassinate the partner

Looking forward to the fun to come!

[Liz Nellis]

Hi everyone, I’m Liz Nellis from the Chicago area. I have “started” several scripts but life got in the way and I put them aside. I hope to finally complete a script once and for all.

Something unusual about me is that I pick up people’s thoughts and say them out loud mistaking them for my own… Drives my sister crazy, she can’t have a thought to herself.

I’m looking forward to being able to complete the class with everyone and not lag behind.

[Liz Nellis]

Liz Nellis

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