1st Assessment – What do they need?
- Skills
- What does she need to start Writing?
- Does she know about story structure?
- Does she know about building settings?
- Does she need more Experience?
- Does she need to learn Drawing?
- Does she need to play Music?
- Does she need 3D Modeling/Sculpting?
- Does she need to Program?
- Habits beat Confidence
- Write a sentence everyday.
- 1st thing in the morning.
- Last thing at night.
- Will you be there with her at these critical moments?
- Habits need repetition.
- Are you ready to repeat her as many times as necessary?
- Which support can you bring her?
- Time
- Does she need more time?
- Does she have 10′ a day?
- That’s all you need for the 1st month.
- Can you help her write a Sentence in 10′?
- Can you help her write a Page in 10′?
- Try
- The Most important thing is a place to Experiment.
- Which kind of story does she want to write?
- How different are they?
- Which kind of story can you propose her?
- How different are they from the ones she like?
- How uncomfortable do these Stories make her?
What do they want?
- What do they Like the Most?
- What are her favorite Movies/Books?
- What are her favorite Songs?
- What are her favorite Games?
- What does she enjoy doing the Most?
- Can she describe it to you?
- Can she describe the joy it brings her?
- What do they Do the Most?
- When do she do it?
- How many hours of the day does it take?
- How much pleasure does it bring them?
- Do they see the benefits of it?
- Would she like to replace it?
- Would she like to have more Time to do it?
- What would she do if they had more time?
- Expose through Characters
- Does she want to share her passions?
- How?
- Has she though about using Characters to present them?
- What kind of Characters?
- How would they display her passions?
- How would they promote her message?
- Transpose her spirits to the Characters.
Who are they?
- Start with 3 Avatars
- What are her 6 greatest Qualities?
- What are 6 great Qualities she would like develop?
- What are 6 things she would like to change?
- How would she act if she was a Leader?
- How would she act if she was an Advisor?
- How would she act if she was an Entertainer?
- How to create a character?
- What are the characters Strengths?
- How do they make her Likeable?
- What are the characters Weaknesses?
- How do they make her Relatable?
- What are the characters Quirks?
- How do they make her Memorable?
- Real Characters
- How would she Take care of them?
- What is the Character’s Birthday?
- How can she help the characters reach their Goal?
- How can she help the characters find new Interests?
- Provide the other Characters
- Present her Characters you’ve written.
- Let her choose up to 3 additional characters.
- Ask her which ones she likes the most.
- Why?
- How do they relate to the characters she has created?
- How can they assist these characters?
- Build any other necessary character.
- Let her focus on the Main Characters she built.
A Simple Place
- Start Small, Start Now
- Begin with a scene.
- Where is she?
- What is she doing?
- Why is she there?
- What does she intend to find here?
- What is she looking for?
- A Small Setting
- How is the room she’s in?
- How is it decorated?
- Who else is there?
- Who lives here?
- Who frequents this place?
- Who takes care of this place?
- How is the place tended?
- A Comfortable Setting
- How does she relate to this place?
- How does her Characters relate to this place?
- How do they interact with each other?
- How do they interact with the people in this place?
- How do they relate to them?
- Do they want to stay here?
- Do they want to quit it as soon as possible?
Choices that Matter
- Simple Choices
- What do the Characters want?
- What does she want for them?
- Where is the action happening?
- What are the Stakes?
- What are the potential triggers?
- What could happen to the Characters?
- How fast should they choose?
- Binary Choices
- What is the problem to solve?
- What are the options to solve it?
- Limit them to 2.
- Which 1 is the most opportun?
- Looking for Alternatives
- What are the other problems to solve?
- Are they identified?
- How can they be solved?
- What are all the possibilities?
- Could the solution to these accessory problems help to solve the main problem?
- Consequences & Coherence
- What crisis did the Characters faced?
- What is the aftermath?
- Who allied with them?
- Who opposes them?
- Which new item did they obtain?
- Which place did they get access to?
- Simple causality is easier to begin with.
Sustained Support
- Relatives
- Is she receiving the support of her Relatives?
- Do her Friends support her?
- How much time does she spend with them?
- Can she speak about her Stories freely?
- To whom?
- Does she enjoy speaking about her Stories in their presence?
- The Joy of Collective Storytelling
- Does she know other people would want to write?
- How badly do they want to write?
- Do they feel comfortable together?
- Do they like to think together?
- Can they exchange their ideas freely?
- How many are they?
- Is 1 of them shyer?
- Is 1 of them more prevalent?
- Is 1 of them calmer?
- Is 1 of them more exuberant?
- Display Persistence
- Try.
- Continue to Try.
- It’s the simplest way to maintain motivation in the future storytellers.
- Allow them to Try.
- Make them Try.
