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A blind boy who helps police identify and apprehend a possessed serial killer must now prove that he witnessed the crimes and convince the police that a demonic entity is the real culprit behind the recent homicides.
Hey Ben, Getting warmer. While 'mysterious' is a trait, it perhaps lacks the psychologal clarity of the character trait 'Reserved'. Or its related traits: Bashful, constrained, constricted, controlled, detached, distant, guarded, inhibited, introverted, repressed, restrained, reticent, stiff, subdueRead more
Hey Ben,
Getting warmer. While ‘mysterious’ is a trait, it perhaps lacks the psychologal clarity of the character trait ‘Reserved’. Or its related traits:
Bashful, constrained, constricted, controlled, detached, distant, guarded, inhibited, introverted, repressed, restrained, reticent, stiff, subdued, unassuming, withdrawn.
The second benefit, is contrast. Story defined, is Conflict, and the most effective conflict is contrast of character trait. The Reserved trait gives a clear opposite, ‘Unreserved’, bold, casual, confident, direct, extroverted etc. Setting the stage for the other most important character: Villain/Antagonist. In this case, the Police character!
See lessA blind boy who helps police identify and apprehend a possessed serial killer must now prove that he witnessed the crimes and convince the police that a demonic entity is the real culprit behind the recent homicides.
"blind boy" = protagonist "helps police identify and apprehend a possessed serial killer" = inciting incident "must prove he witnessed the crimes" = main character goal Seems the playfulness of this logline, might be the contrast of blindness vs. sight. How a blind individual's witness of a crime woRead more
“blind boy” = protagonist
“helps police identify and apprehend a possessed serial killer” = inciting incident
“must prove he witnessed the crimes” = main character goal
Seems the playfulness of this logline, might be the contrast of blindness vs. sight. How a blind individual’s witness of a crime would probably provide less useable evidence. But how this might link to a demonic entity, as the real homicide culprit, is the real challenge.
An important quality of story, is for the audience to first empathise with the main character. Tell us a little about the boy, not just his blindness, but one or two words describing his psychology. Courageous, weak, adventurous, timid … these are relatable qualities. That determine how he might relate to inciting incident events. That affect how he might emotionally respond to main goal struggles.
See lessIn the aftermath of a nuclear war, a young man must defend his town from an alien invasion before they can destroy everything that remains of his life.
While we may not use the word "PEACEABLE", in ordinary language these days, a thesaurus list of related Traits are: Appeasing, calm, conciliatory, easygoing, even-tempered, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, imperturbable, mild, moderate, mollifying, noncombative, nonviolent, pacificRead more
While we may not use the word “PEACEABLE”, in ordinary language these days, a thesaurus list of related Traits are:
Appeasing, calm, conciliatory, easygoing, even-tempered, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, imperturbable, mild, moderate, mollifying, noncombative, nonviolent, pacific, placating, placid, quiet, thickskinned, unaggressive, unbelligerent, uncontentious, undisturbed, unwarlike, well-disposed.
… “He does have to be forced into fighting, …” leads to Inciting Incident.
See less“aftermath of a nuclear war,” sets the stage, or context of the story. But does not directly propel our main character on the journey. Someone/something (usually a villain/antagonist) must provoke our good-natured friend into the drama. You choose, of course. Think motivational, harm to a loved one usually gets things going ….