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On the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
Terminator comes to mind. He gets top billing, the title character; he's vastly more interesting than Sarah Connor. But he's the villain. Sarah is the immediate stake character and there is also a future stake character, her unborn son. She has the biggest arc of transformation, from powerless victiRead more
Terminator comes to mind. He gets top billing, the title character; he’s vastly more interesting than Sarah Connor.
But he’s the villain.
Sarah is the immediate stake character and there is also a future stake character, her unborn son. She has the biggest arc of transformation, from powerless victim to empowered guerilla fighter.
Your working title is: “The Lord of Strife”. Who does that refer to?
See lessOn the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
I am convinced the protagonist can become more interesting than the protagonist. He has the more compelling journey: he has to undergo the greatest transformational arc to merely survive.
I am convinced the protagonist can become more interesting than the protagonist. He has the more compelling journey: he has to undergo the greatest transformational arc to merely survive.
See lessOn the run from a determined street enforcer, a young Londoner will do anything and everything to avoid capture but the enforcer has pledged to kill himself in the event of failure.
Is there a stakes character? That is, someone whom the protagonist must fight for? He may not want to at first. But the plot conspires to make him become a paladin. You mentioned earlier that he comes to realize he needs to donate the money to charity. That's good, but a charity is a bloodless, faceRead more
Is there a stakes character? That is, someone whom the protagonist must fight for? He may not want to at first. But the plot conspires to make him become a paladin.
You mentioned earlier that he comes to realize he needs to donate the money to charity. That’s good, but a charity is a bloodless, faceless institution. It works better if there is a specific person who will benefit from his donation to the charity.
This is the way the good-guy role is played out on screen. The protagonist may be fighting to save the whole world, all 8 billion minus, but there are always one or two or three people –primary stake characters– to whom the camera can cut to for anxious reaction shots: a defenseless lover, a helpless child, a poor widow.
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