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  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 9, 2023 at 1:43 am in reply to: Lesson 9

    Risa’s Scene OOPS…last post was incorrect.

    Again…Fun. fast. Like this process

    FADE IN:

    EXT. TROLLTUNGA CLIFF, NORWAY – BASE CAMPSITE – NIGHT

    The GROUP of four adventurers around a stone fire pit enjoying the evening. Nick, 33 is their guide. BEN, 32, is cocky, athletic and overtly handsome. NAYA, 31,BEN’s fiance, is the definition of beauty queen- long brunette hair, twisted into a messy bun, hazel eyes and a smattering of freckles over her petite nose. JAMES, 30, is build like a truck- stocky and broad shouldered with untamed auburn hair, crystal blue eyes and a goatee. His wife CAMERON, 29, is waifish and sinewy with thin, straight, blonde hair and intelligent brown eyes. Then there’s NICK, 33, their guide. His maverick good looks accented by his unassuming yet dazzling smile and his penchant for woven bracelets. One of the bracelets, called a mala, is made from 100 small peach wood beads.

    BEN

    (teasing, to James)

    Come on now, fess up dude. You almost shit your pants on our jump last year.

    JAMES

    Shut the fuck up, man. You’re high.

    BEN

    I’m serious, I saw your face…you were like, “Oh God..oh God please…these are my only pants!”

    NAYA

    Stop it. Knock it off, Ben.

    LAUGHTER.

    BEN

    Yo, Cam. You know I’m right.

    CAMERON

    You’re a dick, Ben.

    NICK

    Okay, Okay, it’s time for a toast. Raise your, your…mugs.

    The GROUP raises their Yeti mugs.

    NICK

    We’re about to embark on yet another great adventure. To Ben and Naya. Three years ago this month you took your first jump with me…

    BEN

    I’ve been falling ever since!

    THE GROUP does a collective Aw.

    NICK

    But seriously, it was a full moon that night, we have a full moon tonight. The tides will rise, and we’ll be closer to our third eye as we will ever be. To tomorrow.

    THE GROUP

    To tomorrow!

    They drink.

    JAMES

    What the fuck is this stuff, Nick?

    NICK

    Pure butterfly pea matcha.

    BEN

    With rum.

    NAYA

    (embarrassed)

    You did not. Ben. Shit, no booze!

    (to NICK)

    Sorry.

    NICK smiles at NAYA, his eyes linger on her longer than they should.

    NICK

    No worries. Yeah, um no big deal.

    BEN

    (to James)

    Hit me again.

    JAMES

    Really, dude?

    BEN

    Yes. Don’t be a pussy, James. I’ll come over there and beat your ass.

    JAMES

    Like you could.

    CAMERON

    I’m going to turn in, big day tomorrow.

    JAMES

    Okay, babe, coming with you.

    CAMERON

    No. That’s cool. Stay up a bit if you want. I want to get a little research done before the night’s out. Kay. Night everyone.

    CAMERON walks toward her little cabin.

    NAYA

    Hey I was wondering, how’s Cam’s documentary coming along?

    CAMERON

    She’s trying to get into

    (((add stuff about mid-east here)))

    Really difficult. The terrain is rough and the violence against Americans…I won’t let her go alone.

    NAYA

    She’s so brave.

    JAMES

    After two tours, I don’t really want to go back there, but…

    BEN

    Yeah, I know…freedom isn’t free.

    JAMES

    It isn’t man, that’s no joke.

    BEN

    Money. Money is freedom, am I right, Nick?

    NICK

    It sure seems like it, but original thought is freedom and that’s actually free, so…

    BEN

    Okay, don’t get all woo-woo on us. Full moon, original thought. Wow. I just want to bed my beautiful fiance and throw her off a cliff tomorrow…isn’t that the best kind of freedom…I ask you?

    EXT. TROLLTUNGA CLIFF, NORWAY – MORNING

    A cloudless day. THE GROUP stand at the edge of the gravity defying cliff jutting 700 meters out over Lake Ringedalsvatnet into open air. ~They all wear helmets, goggles and base jumping suits.

    NICK adjusts the group (((says stuff about gear))) (((gives last minute instruction)))

    VARIOUS HOOTS and HOLLERS. Then SILENCE.

    They walk in V-shape formation; and, one by one, walk off the cliff’s edge with Lemming-like commitment. The WIND is deafening as each Friend slices through it. The BILLOWING of bright jump suits. The acceleration past jagged rock formations, bristled tree tops and a few icy remnants of winter. Parachutes deploy. Everyone lands safely, except for BEN who falls, partially in a ditch and breaks his ankle.

    He WAILS in pain.

    INT. BEN AND NAYA’S LOFT – DENVER, CO – DAY

    BEN is watching television his leg propped up with ice. He has several pill bottles on the end table next to him.

    NAYA

    Hon, can you lower the volume on that? I’m getting ready for a zoom meeting with a client.

    BEN

    Whatever.

    NAYA

    Let’s get sushi tonight.

    BEN

    Not that last place. It was shit.

    On the television an ad for U-Meret – a revolutionary treatment for pain.

    BEN

    Fuck this. I should do that.

    NAYA

    I don’t know, seems too good to be true.

    BEN

    Call the doctor for me, refill the prescription.

    NAYA

    You don’t need any more of those pills, Ben. You’re out 3 months from your break.

    BEN

    Shut the fuck up. Just do it get me this U-Meret thing. It fuckin hurts still.

    NAYA gets text from NICK. They talk about BEN’S condition.

    BEN

    Who the fuck is texting you, Nick again? Fuckin’ sponge…looking for my next twenty g’s for a trip?

    NAYA

    No. He genuinely cares about you.

    BEN

    Yeah, right. My pills.

    NAYA

    We’re listening to this doctor of yours and the media…these pills..they’re no good.

    BEN

    Every five minutes there’s an ad for a pill. If you call about this U-Meret thing…it’s no pills.

    NAYA

    Maybe I will. Okay. Maybe.

    NAYA texts NICK…will he research U-Meret.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 9, 2023 at 1:41 am in reply to: Lesson 9

    What I learned…fun and fast…keeps me going.

    BEN, 32, self-assured, athletic and overtly handsome, is constantly sizing up the group with his piercing brown eyes. NAYA, 31, is Ben’s wife. She’s the definition of a polite beauty queen- long brunette hair, twisted purposefully into a messy bun, hazel eyes and a smattering of freckles over her petite nose. JAMES, 30, is build like a truck- stocky and broad shouldered with untamed auburn hair, crystal blue eyes and a goatee. His wife CAMERON, 29, is waifish and sinewy with thin, straight, blonde hair and intelligent brown eyes. Then there’s NICK, 33, the single member of the group; his maverick good looks are accented by his unassuming yet dazzling smile and his penchant for woven bracelets. One of the bracelets, called a mala, is made from 100 small peach wood beads.

    BEN

    (teasing, to James)

    Come on now, fess up dude. You almost shit your pants on your first jump.

    JAMES

    Shut the fuck up. What are you? High?

    BEN

    I’m serious, I saw your face…you were like, “Oh God..oh God please…these are my only pants!”

    They LAUGH

    NAYA AND CAMERON

    (over each other)

    Stop it, Ben. Knock it off.

    As Ben Laughs, he gives Cameron a flirtatious look, unnoticed by everyone except Nick.

    NICK

    Okay, Okay, it’s time for a toast. Raise your, your…mugs. To Ben and Naya. Three years ago you took the dive and….

    BEN

    I’ve been taking it ever since! In more ways than one, if you get what I mean. Ha!

    NAYA

    (embarrassed)

    Ben, Jesus.

    NICK

    Um, whatever…filth doth prevail, cheers!

    TOGETHER

    Cheers!

    They drink. Ben chugs his drink until he empties his mug.

    BEN

    (to James)

    Hit me again.

    JAMES

    Really, dude?

    BEN

    Yes. Don’t be a pussy, James. I’ll come over there and beat your ass.

    JAMES

    Like you could.

    CAMERON

    Oooooooo.

    James smiles and fills Ben’s mug to the brim.

    BEN

    (under his breath, drinking)

    What are you, my father, Bitch?

    NAYA

    Anyway…Cameron, how are your parents doing with their documentary? Have you heard from them since they got to Africa?

    CAMERON

    They’re on location in Zimbabwe right now, but shooting is really difficult. The terrain is rough.

    NAYA

    That’s so cool. My parents would never do anything like that.

    CAMERON

    In total truth, That’s one of the hardest things to come to grips with.

    BEN

    (drunk teasing)

    What can’t you grasp Cameron?

    CAMERON

    The fact that people really don’t care about killing the earth.

    JAMES

    And there’s my pretty little tree hugger.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 8, 2023 at 5:14 am in reply to: Lesson 8

    Risa’s Add Antagonist And Theme

    What I learned:

    The antagonist is present even though he’s not visible…that has to be made clear even in ACT 1.

    EXT. TROLL WALL, NORWAY – NIGHT

    Adventurers Ben, Naya, James and Cameron are sitting around campfire talking about their big base jump tomorrow. Nick, their guide is taking it all in. He stays up watches Naya having sex with Ben through shadows in tent.

    ADD THEME: What freedom really means to each of them.

    The moon is full.

    TE1 Nick falls deeper for Naya.

    EXT. TROLL WALL, NORWAY – MORNING

    Ben, Naya, James and Cameron are getting a final pep talk from guide Nick before base jumping. Ben’s all adrenaline, Naya is patient but still hesitant, James does a prayer to himself, but ready to go. Cameron is blasé about the whole thing.

    TE2 Ben breaks his ankle on the fall.

    INT. BEN AND NAYA’S LOFT

    Naya learns about U-Meret from an infomercial an answer for pain. She sends Ben after months of trying everything else. She’s afraid he’ll get addicted to opioids.

    ADD: feeling helpless, victim to the drug manufacturers, listening to the wrong people.

    Nick needs money so shops himself out to another adventurer…one guy who offers him a lot of money, wants to dog sled in Siberia. Nick arranges it through a Russian recluse/survivalist friend. The adventurer hits on him and Nick is stuck. However, he learns a lot from the recluse…folklore about an evil force Koschei.

    TE Nick learns his limits what he won’t do for money… Flying home he sees the infomercial for U-Meret. Does research it checks out as a cure from the Ural Mountains.

    ADD: Temptation to take the easy way out…buy into the hype that is spoon fed to them.

    INT: DIA AIRPORT – DAY

    Nick meets with Naya and the rest of the adventurers for a beer, they talk about Ben. He’s already getting better with U-Meret…as a matter of fact Cameron is trying it for her leg cramps and James is doing it for his shoulder…it’s a miracle cure. 5 clinics in Denver already….it’s like Starbucks!

    TE Nick back in New Orleans decides to move to Evergreen, CO. Leaves his old life behind. Thinks this is the best thing for him. Closer to Naya.

    ADD: selfishness…out for your own gain, grab what you can.

    INT: NICK’S CABIN -DAY

    Naya is helping Nick with his website. He notices a change in her behavior. Ben and the group come over with steaks and they grill and chat around the fire pit. Planning the next adventure. Nick notices that they do not react to pain.

    (James story here…usually it makes him cry…but no tears this time)

    EXT: DENVER STREET – DAY

    Nick prepping for next adventure sees U-Meret clinic with line out the door. BOGO.

    INT; NICK’S CABIN – DAY

    At home looks up Koschei. Even the president of the United States does U-Meret…to treat his old battle wound.

    EXT: MOUNTAIN – DAY

    Nick meets one who wants to go on the next adventure…he looks like Koschei and he’s hitting on Naya. Ben is completely uninterested. Surgeons are going out of business. But surgeon isn’t the guy.

    TE: Nick realizes something is very wrong and he has to get involved, but how. Knows he’s going about it the wrong way. Wants to take Naya with him. She says no. Cameron’s pregnant.

    ADD: Koschei realizes that Nick has drawn a line in the sand…he may be a true obstacle.

    EXT: RUSSIAN RECLUSE HUT – DAY/NIGHT

    Nick shows up. Tell me everything. I think it’s happening.

    TE: Nick has to stop Koschei.

    He trains for mental warfare and creates runes and rituals to give him success. But where is Koschei?

    Koschei presents in Nick’s vision, but one of the recluse’s assistants is a minion. Nick is defeated, the recluse is killed. Nick barely escapes.

    TE: Nick is now paranoid and scared. He calls Naya she’s on her way to a retreat. A team of doctors who invented the U-Meret device are recruiting a global network of consultants in Aspen CO.

    ADD: Koschei moves faster to complete his plan.

    INT: ASPEN RETREAT – NIGHT

    Nick finds Naya, professes his love. Kisses her. Proves to her the truth. She agrees to fight with him.

    TE: Nick decides to die for love, for freedom, for the world.

    INT: ESTATE GIANT LOG CABIN GREAT ROOM – NIGHT

    Chairs, tables in concentric circular formation. In the middle, on the floor the U-Meret logo. Devices for “home use” spread throughout the room.

    Meals of bug protein and dried fruit.

    ADD: Koschei is rewarding mindless obedience. He has enough souls to manifest on earth.

    THE PANEL of DOCTORS enter the room. Backs to the logo facing out talk to the guests. With translations for international guests. Devices are solar powered. The event is closed to the press but cameras are outside the private estate.

    EXT: ESTATE – NIGHT

    Nick tries to talk to the press get coverage of his side. They think he’s crazy. Police arrest him.

    EXT: ROAD

    Naya crashes into the police car to save Nick. She doesn’t feel the injury, further proving the effect of U-Meret.

    INT: ESTATE GIANT LOG CABIN GREAT ROOM – NIGHT

    Nick and Naya perform ritual and use spiritual weapons to battle Koschei. The chain reaction kills everyone in the room.

    Nick and Koschei final showdown. Nick must give up his life to save Naya.

    Naya, battered and bloody, faces the dawn alone. She feels pain. Ouch.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 5, 2023 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Lesson 7

    Risa’s High Speed Beat Sheet

    What I learned:

    I’m tempted to get into dialogue and description…but I just make quick notes and move on. This is not perfect and I’m okay with this. I see the weak points a lot easier with this method.

    EXT. TROLL WALL, NORWAY – NIGHT

    Adventurers Ben, Naya, James and Cameron are sitting around campfire talking about their big base jump tomorrow. Nick, their guide is taking it all in. He stays up watches Naya having sex with Ben through shadows in tent.

    The moon is full.

    TE1 Nick falls deeper for Naya.

    EXT. TROLL WALL, NORWAY – MORNING

    Ben, Naya, James and Cameron are getting a final pep talk from guide Nick before base jumping. Ben’s all adrenaline, Naya is patient but still hesitant, James does a prayer to himself, but ready to go. Cameron is blasé about the whole thing.

    TE2 Ben breaks his ankle on the fall.

    INT. BEN AND NAYA’S LOFT

    Naya learns about U-Meret from an infomercial an answer for pain. She sends Ben after months of trying everything else. She’s afraid he’ll get addicted to opioids.

    Nick needs money so shops himself out to another adventurer…one guy who offers him a lot of money, wants to dog sled in Siberia. Nick arranges it through a Russian recluse/survivalist friend. The adventurer hits on him and Nick is stuck. However, he learns a lot from the recluse…folklore about an evil force Koschei.

    TE Nick learns his limits what he won’t do for money… Flying home he sees the infomercial for U-Meret. Does research it checks out as a cure from the Ural Mountains.

    INT: DIA AIRPORT – DAY

    Nick meets with Naya and the rest of the adventurers for a beer, they talk about Ben. He’s already getting better with U-Meret…as a matter of fact Cameron is trying it for her leg cramps and James is doing it for his shoulder…it’s a miracle cure. 5 clinics in Denver already….it’s like Starbucks!

    TE Nick back in New Orleans decides to move to Evergreen, CO. Leaves his old life behind. Thinks this is the best thing for him. Closer to Naya.

    INT: NICK’S CABIN -DAY

    Naya is helping Nick with his website. He notices a change in her behavior. Ben and the group come over with steaks and they grill and chat around the fire pit. Planning the next adventure. Nick notices that they do not react to pain.

    (James story here…usually it makes him cry…but no tears this time)

    EXT: DENVER STREET – DAY

    Nick prepping for next adventure sees U-Meret clinic with line out the door. BOGO.

    INT; NICK’S CABIN – DAY

    At home looks up Koschei. Even the president of the United States does U-Meret…to treat his old battle wound.

    EXT: MOUNTAIN – DAY

    Nick meets one who wants to go on the next adventure…he looks like Koschei and he’s hitting on Naya. Ben is completely uninterested. Surgeons are going out of business. But surgeon isn’t the guy.

    TE: Nick realizes something is very wrong and he has to get involved, but how. Knows he’s going about it the wrong way. Wants to take Naya with him. She says no. Cameron’s pregnant.

    EXT: RUSSIAN RECLUSE HUT – DAY/NIGHT

    Nick shows up. Tell me everything. I think it’s happening.

    TE: Nick has to stop Koschei.

    He trains for mental warfare and creates runes and rituals to give him success. But where is Koschei?

    Koschei presents in Nick’s vision, but one of the recluse’s assistants is a minion. Nick is defeated, the recluse is killed. Nick barely escapes.

    TE: Nick is now paranoid and scared. He calls Naya she’s on her way to a retreat. A team of doctors who invented the U-Meret device are recruiting a global network of consultants in Aspen CO.

    INT: ASPEN RETREAT – NIGHT

    Nick finds Naya, professes his love. Kisses her. Proves to her the truth. She agrees to fight with him.

    TE: Nick decides to die for love, for freedom, for the world.

    INT: ESTATE GIANT LOG CABIN GREAT ROOM – NIGHT

    Chairs, tables in concentric circular formation. In the middle, on the floor the U-Meret logo. Devices for “home use” spread throughout the room.

    Meals of bug protein and dried fruit.

    THE PANEL of DOCTORS enter the room. Backs to the logo facing out talk to the guests. With translations for international guests. Devices are solar powered. The event is closed to the press but cameras are outside the private estate.

    EXT: ESTATE – NIGHT

    Nick tries to talk to the press get coverage of his side. They think he’s crazy. Police arrest him.

    EXT: ROAD

    Naya crashes into the police car to save Nick. She doesn’t feel the injury, further proving the effect of U-Meret.

    INT: ESTATE GIANT LOG CABIN GREAT ROOM – NIGHT

    Nick and Naya perform ritual and use spiritual weapons to battle Koschei. The chain reaction kills everyone in the room.

    Nick and Koschei final showdown. Nick must give up his life to save Naya.

    Naya, battered and bloody, faces the dawn alone. She feels pain. Ouch.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 4, 2023 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Lesson 6

    What I learned…The evil force though unseen for most of the film is all around Nick, like a boa constrictor circling then tightening…I need to capture that tension with each step Nick takes.

    Steps Nick takes:

    1. Reveal true feelings for Naya, expose himself to love and rejection

    2. Fail at an adventure hurt himself of another physically.

    3. Realize that the energies of the universe are not all wise or benevolent.

    4. Travel rugged terrain to find a mentor.

    5. Learn how to fight for his soul and depend on a mentor

    6. Lose a mentor.

    7. give up his soul, the ultimate sacrifice for the one he loves.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 4, 2023 at 7:04 pm in reply to: Lesson 5

    What I learned…I’m merging the Mini Movie Method with the 4 Act Structure to create a stronger story. I call it story with a spine.

    Concept: A revolutionary non-invasive medical procedure “Acu-Bond” works miraculously on pain but also removes souls bit by bit, fueling an interdimensional evil force, Koschei that wants to take over the universe. Lonely adventurer Nick becomes wise to the plot and must find Koschei’s den and stop it before it consumes the soul of the woman he loves (and the world too).

    Main Conflict: Nick is plagued and terrorized by Koschei in a race against time to gain the knowledge and tools from across the globe needed to destroy the evil unleashing on the world.

    Nick Old Ways

    1. Only out for the next adventure

    2. Sees himself as a speck in the universe…no one cares about him. But nature respects him.

    3. Relies on charm and wits to manipulate people.

    Nick New Ways

    1. Has a clear mission that needs a no-fail plan

    2. Knows he’s a speck but a vital key in the fate of the universe.

    3. Uses his experience to create a strategy with the help of others.

    ACT 1

    Opening: Base jumping off the Troll Wall in Norway. Adventurers Ben, Naya, James, Cameron await their next thrill. Guide Nick, prepares them for the jump. Charms the friends less eager to jump, and gets them all to go for it.

    Inciting Incident: They jump off. Ben, the “leader” of the group, lands poorly and breaks his ankle. Weeks later, Ben is popping opioids like tic tacs and Nick is running out of money. He needs to find another group to pay for globe trekking.

    Turning Point: Naya learns about Acu-Bond. Nick talks her into trying it and it works. Nick has fallen in love with Naya.

    ACT 2

    Reaction: Ben pushes everyone he knows to do Acu-Bond as it is all the rage and clinics are opening up all over the world. Nick takes advantage of the situation, but begins to see red flags in the behavior of the group. They don’t react to pain at all. They seek out painful things including S&M between the couples.

    The Plan: Nick tries to get with Naya and does research on Acu-Bond. The research looks iron-clad. But he taps his spiritual side and finds one of his guides…a mentor who taught him how to climb…and he tells him about Koschei. The guide fears Koschei is interfering on earth.

    Turning Point: Nick decides to forgo the next adventure and a chance to be Naya to travel to a mag in Siberia to gain the knowledge needed to fight Koschei.

    ACT 3

    New Plan: Nick trains with the mag, learns what must be done to destroy Koschei.

    New Insights: Koschei presents itself in a vision, closing in on women, assuming the bodily form of a trusted advisor…across the universe, but especially Naya.

    Turning Point: Nick attempts to fight Koschei, but one of the mag’s assistants has been a minion all along. Nick loses the battle miserably and the mag is killed.

    ACT 4

    New Plan: Nick discovers that the group has gone on a Acu-Bond wellness retreat with hundreds of people. Nick goes to the retreat.

    Climax: Nick battles Koschei, but in the process must kill friends including Naya….But he can’t. He must find a way to save her soul.

    Resolution: With no time to spare, Nick performs a ritual to exchange his soul for Nayas thus destroying Koschei from the inside out. Naya is left alone on the mountain, determined to find Nick.

  • Risa Friskey

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    February 3, 2023 at 1:23 pm in reply to: Lesson 4

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    Nick…

    About me…you know, just doing what I do. Being outdoors gives me perspective. I don’t have to be anybody’s someone. I’m a speck but in the outdoors, it’s okay to be a speck. Even specks serve their purpose when you’re out here.

    Why am I on this journey…I don’t really know, but I’ve cheated death so many times, I know how to get the best of anyone or anything that tries to suck the life out of me.

    I’m up against…the need for money and my growing need to love a person who’s in major danger of getting her soul sucked out by not only her douche-bag fiance, but also a demon from another dimension.

    Changes…even though I defy death, I don’t want to cause it either…for myself or anyone. In this case, I have to accept that real possibility…there may not be trick I can use to avoid it. I have to be vulnerable and risk a fate even worse than death.

    I can meet a person where they are and speak their language to get what I want…It sounds manipulative, but really I’m helping them fulfill their dreams. I don’t know how to speak demon- plain and simple.

    I’ve held back my resentment of losing my grandmother to alzheimer’s disease. And the loneliness I felt throughout my childhood. I never really learned how to be happy…the way normal kids do.

    I hide…everything. Nobody needs to see my tender underbelly. I just keep smiling. In my life, if you show fear, you’re dead.

    I think of…the universe, that if there’s another me out there in a different plane of existence..what he or she’s like. If maybe I could connect with them and find a higher purpose…specks that we are.

    My side…this demon-fucker is doing two things…proving my hope of other dimensions but taking away what I love. I want Naya. She’s in danger of losing her soul. Figures this demon is a real thing…and its Russian. My grandmother was Russian.

    If I succeed…ironically, no one will probably know…like the lost ark in the warehouse. But maybe I’ll get Naya and we can be two specks.

    Researching my Antagonist…To be continued.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 3, 2023 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Lesson 3

    What I learned…do not accidentally press reply after writing your assignment.

    It’s gone.

    Moving on.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 2, 2023 at 1:29 am in reply to: Lesson 2

    What I learned:

    That it’s easy, especially in horror, to fall into typical characters. The macho guy who dies right away, the damsel in distress, the hapless hero. I need to stretch these characters more…I will be doing extensive interviews!!!

    Protagonist: Nick- Runner 28 yrs old. He runs from an empty past. fills his life with weird objects and adventure. He’s an orphan who was raised by his grandmother who had dementia. What makes him special: He’s truly an empty vessel…ready to be filled with the right stuff.

    Antagonist: Koschei – Predator ancient. An eternal demon relegated to the underworld. He preys upon souls, especially those of women. He can manifest in other thin, gaunt men acting as a father figure. What makes him special: His never ending hunger for domination over everything. His deviousness.

    Love Interest: Naya- Ben’s fiancee. Bored beauty queen discovering that the life she wanted isn’t the life she needs. She has diminished her own value and intelligence in exchange for stability and money. What makes her special: She’s more than a pretty face.

    Supporting Character: Ben. Douche bag leader of the adventurers who seeks to manipulate and bully the group into risky activities. He hovers over Naya. Believes he’s on a higher plane and destined for greatness. What makes him special: His perspective on the world…get the best of it before it gets the best of you.

    Genre: Horror

  • Risa Friskey

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    February 1, 2023 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Lesson 1

    What I learned:

    You can get deep quickly. Find the reality in my fiction. That I’m usually walking a fine line between life and death with my characters and it’s nice to see a wider spectrum to their growth and path.

    Nick’s internal journey takes him from being an eager, indifferent and disconnected user of others to an thinking, invested, intentional giver…someone willing to make a true sacrifice.

    Nick’s external journey takes him from taking himself and others to the most breathtaking places on earth to the most frightening forbidden places.

    Nick’s Old Ways

    No plan for life…just go where the fun is

    Hidden Superiority…he’s better at adventuring than any of the douche-bags he guides.

    No Love…no desire to be responsible for another’s emotions…he’s busy enough taking care of himself.

    Opportunistic…taking from others to fulfill his own goals

    Nick’s New Ways

    True Courage…he realizes he must rise to an unseen threat in order to save the lives of others

    Opportunistic…this same trait serves him well, but in a different way…he uses his ability to find opportunity, for not only his own gain, but for the benefit of the world.

    Love…he wants to share his life with someone else.

    Humility…realizing that through thankfulness and sacrifice, there is a higher more fulfilling existence.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    January 22, 2023 at 6:09 pm in reply to: Confidentiality Agreement

    Risa Friskey

    I agree to the terms of this release form.

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    January 22, 2023 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Lesson 1

    Looks like I missed the first class!

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    January 22, 2023 at 4:57 pm in reply to: Introduce Yourself to the Group

    Hi!

    I’m Risa Friskey,

    I’ve written 6 scripts.

    I want to get my horror concept ready for a table read.

    After doing a DNA test, I found out that I’m more Italian than most of the Italians in Italy. (97%)

  • Risa Friskey

    Member
    February 5, 2023 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Lesson 1

    HI Lisa,

    Like your concept!

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