Character-Driven Story Development for Your Novel or Screenplay

In this class we use character-driven insights to flesh out your story's three main characters:

1. The Protagonist / Hero
2. The Antagonist 
3. The Ally

We use character-driven insights to achieve the following:

• Identify the major components of your STORY. 
• Define your Hero and understand his motives, goals, and limitations. 
• Identify your Hero’s FLAW. 
• Use this Flaw to create CONFLICT. 
• Find your Hero’s ALLIES. 
• Find the ANTAGONISTIC FORCES.
• Use the Hero’s Flaw as a SPECIAL SKILL.
• Use the Special Skill to create TRANSFORMED ACTION.

By the end of this class, you will have a general understanding of the major beats in your story. This will give you a blueprint of your story so you can get started on writing your story without having to stare at a blank page.

You will know who your main character is, who his/her allies are, what problem your characters are trying to solve, what the main antagonistic forces are standing in their way, and what major conflicts they have to overcome. 

• Introduction
• There's A Goal
• The Protagonist Has A Backstory
• The Protagonist Has A Flaw
• The Flaw Creates Conflict
• The Ally Provides Support
• Conflict Fuels The Antagonist
• The Flaw Becomes A Special Skill
• The Special Skill Creates Transformed Action
• Final Words