I hadn’t posted for ages and I wanted to give myself a challenge to try and write, record and edit a video in 1 month. It’s a little D.I.Y but I made this to help me with a current series I’m writing. If there are any things you think you could add to it please let me know in the comments below.

No.1 Show the protagonist’s daily life.

What is your protagonist’s occupation?
What is your protagonist’s daily life?
What’s accepted as normal in your world?

No. 2 Show a problem in the protagonist’s life.

What does the protagonist want?
What problem is the protagonist facing?
Using this problem explain why the protagonist is stuck living their daily life?

No. 3 Someone or something should dramatically disrupt their daily life.

Who or what dramatically disrupts your protagonist’s daily life?
Why is this disruption particularly impactful to your protagonist?

No. 4 This disruption will lead the protagonist to face off against a weak type of villain that they’ll be fighting against for the rest of the series.

How will this disruption lead your protagonist to face a weak type of villain in your series?
How will the protagonist respond to this villain and what will it tell us about their character?

No. 5 Engaging with the villain the protagonist will confront their problem and from this confrontation will experience a life changing realisation that will give them a new purpose to live.

How will the villain force your protagonist to confront their problem?
What new purpose will your protagonist gain from their realisation?

No. 6 The protagonist will physically transform into the type of monster that they’re trying to defeat however this transformation must come at a cost.

What will this transformation cost the protagonist?
What will the protagonist gain from this transformation?

No. 7 The protagonist is unable to return to their daily life.

Why can’t the protagonist go back to their normal life?
What lies ahead for your protagonist?

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Protagonist's Daily Life
1:34 Protagonist's Problem
3:20 A Disruption In The Protagonist's Life
4:30 Fight Against The Villian
6:26 Protagonist Confronts Their Problem
8:01 The Protagonist Transforms
9:24 Start Their Adventure


** I also wanted to say here that when I say a “weak villain”, I don’t mean the villain should be easy to defeat for your protagonist. Actually it should be the opposite the protagonist should struggle against the villain. I just meant in the entirety of all the villains in your series this villain should be one of the weak ones. I wanted to add this to the video but it didn’t flow well. **

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