Goals
- Your Goals
- Why Introduce a new Character?
- What kind of Character does the Story needs?
- Do you need more than 3 Characters?
- How will this Character affect the Story’s rhythm?
- The new Character’s Goals
- What’s the Character’s Goal?
- Since when?
- Who insufflated this goal into her?
- Did she decide it on her own?
- Is her Goal a true Goal?
- Is it really a Mean to an End?
- Why isn’t she able to identify it?
- Is her Goal a Goal-Mean?
- Types of Goal-Means:
- Did she swear revenge against another character?
- Does she protect someone?
- Does she want to flee?
- Does she want to acquire fame?
- Does she want to acquire money?
- Does she want to change her status?
Function
- What’s this character’s level of Importance?
- Is she a Main Character?
- Is she the 1st Character introduced?
- Does the 1st Character introduced has to be the Main Character?
- Is she visible since the Beginning?
- Is she quickly surrounded?
- Is she often surrounded?
- Is she a 2ndary Character?
- Is she a 3tiary Character?
- What’s her Orientation?
- Is she the Protagonist?
- Does she look reliable?
- Does she look friendly?
- Is she relatable?
- Is she an Antagonist?
- Does she look agressive?
- Does she look hostile?
- Is she relatable?
- Is she a Support?
- Is she comprehensive?
- Is she following someone?
- Is she supporting someone?
Role
What are her 1st interactions with other Characters?
- Leader
- Is she Empathetic?
- Is she Tactical?
- Does she ask for input?
- Problem Solver
- Does she take notes?
- Which questions does she ask?
- To whom?
- Does she propose solutions?
- Protector
- Is she thoughtful?
- Is she considerate?
- How strong is she?
- What transcribes her strength?
- How does she display it?
- Supplier/Sponsor
- Is she dependable?
- Can she leverage resources easily?
- Does she have a bag?
- Does she bear supplies?
- Arbiter/Advisor
- Is she listened?
- Is she questioned?
- Is she steady?
- Is she consistent?
1st Impression
- Verbal
- What are her 1st words?
- What’s the 1st phrase she pronounces?
- To who does she speak 1st?
- To who does she speak the most?
- Does she invent words?
- Does she articulate full sentences?
- How does she speak?
- Pace
- Volubility
- Precipitation
- Volume
- Pose
- Does she stretch?
- Does she stand straight?
- Does she stand before other people?
- Does she fall as she comes in?
- Is she far form the main character?
- Hairstyle & Accessories
- Is she hair-styled?
- Is it sophisticated?
- Is it utilitarian?
- Does she wear jewels?
- Does she protect herself?
- Does she adorn herself?
- Occasion
- On which event is she introduced?
- How does she arrive to the event?
- Does she get lost?
- Is she late?
- Where was she before the occasion?
- Why is she needed here?
Potential Issues
What trouble could she cause?
- Conflicts
- What kind of conflicts will occurs?
- What kind of conflicts will the new character be part of?
- Are there factions?
- How does she take sides?
- What are her criteria?
- Accidents
- What kind of accidents will occurs?
- What kind of accidents will she cause?
- Can she anticipate the accident?
- Can she prevent it?
- Can she inform others?
Potential Contributions
What could she accomplish?
- Affinities
- Does she develop affinities early?
- With who?
- Because their goal are intertwined?
- Because their goal overlap?
- Collaborations
- Can she find people to support her?
- How can these people find support?
- How will she contribute to the Story’s main Project?
- Is she attentive to the Project’s evolution?
Outcomes & Epilogue
- Outcomes
- Should you reintroduce her at every new scene?
- Should you introduce her differently to every new character?
- Should you adapt her introduction pattern to the setting?
- How does she evolve after every Scene?
- Epilogue
- What will become of this character?
- What does she lose?
- What does she abandon?
- What does she obtain?
