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Seminar Folk - Session 3 - Freeze! And get down on the ground! We using code names.
Great night finishing off the Building Great Characters/Emotional Authorship Seminar. I really appreciate the focus you all brought to the table.
But you’re not off the hook yet.
Here’s the final exercise:
Pick a bank robbery scene from any movie you like — one that’s supposed to be clean.
No chaos.
No heroics.
The plan is solid.
It should work.
Now insert your main character from last session’s homework into that situation.
This is not about crime, violence, or writing a cool scene.
The bank robbery is just a pressure container — a neutral system with rules.
The point is to see what happens when:
- your character tries their usual coping strategy
- and it doesn’t work here
- or they can’t keep it up
- or worse — it outs them
The story doesn’t come from the robbery.
The story happens when your character can’t stay who they’ve been in everyday life once their back is against the wall.
Write that moment.
You don’t need aftermath.
You don’t need a lesson.
Just the scene where the strategy fails or cracks.
Also:
Drop a few lines in the thread about what you’re taking away from the seminar — anything you feel you’ll actually use when you’re alone with a blank page. That feedback genuinely helps me shape what comes next for this community.
Thanks again. I know I unloaded a lot on you, and I really appreciate the work and attention you brought to it.
— David
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Seminar Folk - Session 3 - Freeze! And get down on the ground! We using code names.
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