Protagonist vs. Antagonist Brainstorm Writing

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You will write details about six characters; three antagonists, three protagonists.

Begin with one character, a protagonist. Write down their name. Write their current desires and motivations in life. Write down their childhood/backstory. These are the most important pieces.

Now write down their physical description, physical quirks, personality flaws. This is secondary to the motivation and backstory. It’s the icing on the cake, and it’s still important.

Now write that character’s nemesis using the exact same process (desires, backstory, physical ing onionsand personality quirks, etc). Think about why and how they are blocking the protagonist from achieving their goal. Is it malicious? Accidental?

Repeat this with two other sets of characters.

NOTE: You do not have to use all or any of these characters for your video if you don’t want to. It is an exercise to get you thinking about character building. On the other hand, this may trigger some brilliant thought that leads to a wonderful video project. You won’t know unless you put your heart and head into it.

Protagonist- Sarah is an average senior at her local school, she has a lot of friends, but feels as though life is getting in the way of her true desires. Right when sarahs beginning her path as an artist and entering into festivals she draws up a character that begins to talk to her.

Antagonist-Malcom is an animated character drawn by sarah. Sarah draws up this character and then looses her train of thought where she wants to go with it, she decides to go to bed a little annoyed. She comes back the next day to find that her main character malcom isnt on her notebook page anymore. She begins turning through her notebook and finding that malcom has destroyed all of her other art pieces. Malcom begins telling her that her drawings arent good enough and they're going to get her no where. Malcom begins animating his on set of drawings and putting sarah name on it. Before sarah even knew it her notebook was emitted into the animated festival and accepted. Sarah feels as though she will never be good enough to create her own self fulfilling artwork.

Protagonist 2- Kathy is a new girl at her school, after transferring from another state she found that people at her new school arent as friendly as she thought. Kathy misses going to the movies and hanging out with her old friends. She likes music, bowling, and writing.

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