Patricia Towers
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Subject line: (Patricia Towers) Character Interviews
What I learned-To keep Hope and Victory alive within one daily!
There are two sides of me I was vulnerable. innocence and abused at a very young age. The other side of me is an extrovert. Sometimes I would convert back to that child, I m very consciously of it.
My mother gave me a way to this family, that had two children who ended up working me like a mule among other things. My mother had a boyfriend who didn’t want that yellow girl, me in his house. I was illegitimate, my father was white so, she chose her boyfriend.
When I look back on my life and if it didn’t unfold as it did I wouldn’t have had such a wonderful career for myself. That I made happened.
I had to find my way in this world without a map, that’s difficult. All of the changes in my life were met with hope. The most difficult thinking to let go of is not knowing who my father was, not feeling whole if you will.
I observed people a lot growing up. By the time I had an opportunity to dance. I applied those skills in my dance I was free. I didn’t want people to know I was a scared little girl pretending to be braver than I was.
Everybody has a story in life that shapes their life for me hearing someone else’s plight and what they have endured makes one want to live another day. That person shined a spotlight on their own life and won.
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Patricia Towers- I learned to keep breathing throughout.
ASSIGNMENT
1. Listen to the 3-minute Empowerment Audio.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a
2. Fill in Part 2 of the character Profile for your two lead characters.
What draws us to this character?
Traits: Vulnerable, brave, ambitious, risk-taker.
Subtext: Hides her fears, tears, and loneliness
Flaw: Her innocence.
Values: Truth, never giving up
Irony: She has to obey orders from her aunt while living with her. All the time knowing her aunt doesn’t really want her there either. After discovering the dance studio, her friend introduced her too. Not knowing it was about to change her life forever.
What makes this the right character for this role?
Recalling, her own story/ journey of her life.
3. Make any improvements you think of to your Part 1 profile and bring the two parts together.
4. Answer the question “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work. I learned to keep breathing.
5. Post your assignment in the forums at http://ScreenwritingU.com/forums
Subject line: (Your name’s) Character Profile Part 2 (place in the first line)
Deadline: 24 hours
The key to your success is to make this as easy as possible. Just fill in whatever blanks you can and don’t worry about the rest. Give yourself complete freedom to try things and see how the different components work together.
Remember, we are doing this lesson to stimulate your creativity and create usable character profiles that will be used later in the program.
Whatever you have right now is fine. Once you get to the next step, you’ll discover even more about your characters!
Enjoy the process of solving this puzzle!
Hal
Copyright 2020, Hal Croasmun, All rights reserved.
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Patricia Towers-ChASSIGNMENT
1. Listen to the 3 minute Empowerment Audio FIRST.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a
2. Pick the type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Victim: My character is a victim of circumstances. As a little girl, her mother left her. My character has to make some sense of her life as she grows into adulthood.
Hero
Explorer
Runner
Fighter
Victim: Victim: My character is a victim of circumstances. As a little girl, her mother left her. My character has to make some sense of her life as she grows into adulthood.
Dreamer
3. Pick the type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Change Agent:
Villain
Change Agent: My character is a change agent by initiating and managing her own internal change.
Authority
Predator
4. What other characters might be necessary?
Supporting characters:
Minor roles: Her aunt, teacher
Background characters: dancers, street people walking
5. Pick your genre.
Rom-Com or Buddy Movie
Thriller
Horror
Action
Drama: My genre, would be Drama
Sci-Fi
Comedy
6. Fill in whatever answers come to you about your lead character profiles.
Role in the story: Lead Character
Age range and Description: 5years to 80 years old
Internal Journey: Very alert to her surroundings
External Journey: From loneliness to moving to New York
Motivation: To belong
Wound: mssing her mother
Mission/Agenda:
Secret:
What makes them special?
Her Tenacity, endurance.
7. Answer the question “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
I learned Not to overthink and answer the questions.
8. Post your assignment in the forums at http://www.screenwritingexperts.com
Subject line: (Your name’s) Character Profiles Part 1 (place in first line)
Deadline: 24 hours Profile Part 1
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Patricia Towers -Characters Profile Part 1
ASSIGNMENT
1. Listen to the 3 minute Empowerment Audio FIRST.
https://30dayscript.s3.amazonaws.com/Empowerment+Audio.m4a
2. Pick the type of role your Protagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Victim: My character is a victim of circumstances. As a little girl, her mother left her. My character has to make some sense of her life as she grows into adulthood.
Hero
Explorer
Runner
Fighter
Victim: Victim: My character is a victim of circumstances. As a little girl, her mother left her. My character has to make some sense of her life as she grows into adulthood.
Dreamer
3. Pick the type of role your Antagonist will play and give us a few sentences on how they will fulfill that role.
Change Agent:
Villain
Change Agent: My character is a change agent by initiating and managing her own internal change.
Authority
Predator
4. What other characters might be necessary?
Supporting characters:
Minor roles: Her aunt, teacher
Background characters: dancers, street people walking
5. Pick your genre.
Rom-Com or Buddy Movie
Thriller
Horror
Action
Drama: My genre, would be Drama
Sci-Fi
Comedy
6. Fill in whatever answers come to you about your lead character profiles.
Role in the story: Lead Character
Age range and Description: 5years to 80 years old
Internal Journey: Very alert to her surroundings
External Journey: From loneliness to moving to New York
Motivation: To belong
Wound: missing her mother
Mission/Agenda:
Secret:
What makes them special?
Her Tenacity, endurance.
7. Answer the question “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
I learned Not to overthink and answer the questions.
8. Post your assignment in the forums at http://www.screenwritingexperts.com
Subject line: (Your name’s) Character Profiles Part 1 (place in first line)
Deadline: 24 hours
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March 15, 2021
1. Name: My name is Patricia Towers, single mother
2. How many scripts you’ve written? On paper-none. In my mind three.
3. What you hope to get out of the class? Completion of this journey-surprise myself.
4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I have been chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, for over forty years – A magical sound/music of the universe for inner peace,no one can take away! sgiusa.org -Unique Orlando Bloom explains why he chants on youtube..
Thank you, Patricia Towers
IMPORTANT: To post your answers to these questions, “Reply to this topic”.
I look forward to meeting all of you!
Cheryl