1. CHARACTER
A Character is made up of all their descriptors - their name, age, gender, sexuality, appearance, etc.
2. GOALS
What is your Character trying to do, get, or achieve?
WIN - Battling against an opposing force and defeating it.
STOP - Trying to stop someone from doing something, or to stop something from happening.
ESCAPE - The character is trying to get out of one place/situation and into another, usually from danger to safety.
RETRIEVE - Trying to get something, or someone, whatever that may be.
3. MOTIVATIONS
This is what drives your Character toward their Goal, making them do the things they do in your story. It is comprised of their Desire (what they stand to gain from accomplishing their Goal) and the Stakes (what they stand to lose if they fail).
4. CONFLICTS
This is what gets between the Character and their Goal.
PERSON VS SELF is between the character and their own thoughts, feelings, ego, or body.
PERSON VS THING is between one character and something else, be it another person, object, or animal.
PERSON VS EXTRA-PERSONAL is between a character and the greater world or forces around them, such as society, nature, gods, or curses.
5. DEPTH
We get to know the true nature of your Character when they are forced to act under stress. Regardless of who they appear to be, or who they think themselves to be, when they are forced to make difficult choices in pursuit of their Goal, the truth of who they really are is revealed.
“Pressure is essential. Choices made when nothing is at risk mean little. If a character chooses to tell the truth in a situation where telling a lie would gain him nothing, the choice is trivial. But if a character insists on telling the truth when a lie would save his life, then we sense that honesty is at the core of his nature.” - Robert McKee, STORY
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