Step 3.1

Okay, so Step Three is to make a character sheet for each major character, listing off:


The character's name
A one-sentence summary of the character's storyline
The character's motivation (what does he/she want abstractly?)
The character's goal (what does he/she want concretely?)
The character's conflict (what prevents him/her from reaching this goal?)
The character's epiphany (what will he/she learn, how will he/she change?
A one-paragraph summary of the character's storyline

So I'm going to separate these into three posts, and then as Step 3.4 I'm going to post the modified versions of Steps 1 and 2, because, uh. Especially when writing Jesse's bio, I kind of went "wait, what?" like three times, haha.

So here's Gary Gray!

Gary Gray

One-Sentence Summary: As Gary's control over his heightened abilities grow, his need to do what he thinks is right battles with his government's plans for him.

Motivation (abstract): To leave the world better than it was when he entered it

Goal (concrete): Firstly, to gain control of his abilities. Secondly, to put them to work for what he believes is right.

Conflict: Initially, his inability to control his ability. As that diminishes (he gains better control over it), the government attempts to control him, and what was morally black and white begins to blur.

Epiphany: "With great power comes great responsibility" usually comes in the form of restrictions and consequences. Also, what the government does is not always morally correct.

One-Paragraph Summary: Gary's powers, jump-started when the transformer exploded above his head, get less and less uncontrollable as he works on reining them in, and the most important thing to him is to do the right thing. But between accidentally causing the bus to explode, killing a dozen people, and then being told that the Government wants to use him - essentially - as a weapon, he is less and less sure of what is right. Angry, he decides to 'go out in a blaze of glory' - and take the obviously-corrupted, evil government with him.