Exercise 2.1
Exercise 2.2
"Once upon a time there was a fascist loving president named Ronald Frump. Every day he dreamed of taking over the world.
One day he tweets out his sharpie edits to the constitution and declares a 2nd Civil War against Americans. Because of that, Americans formed a flash dance mob. Because of that, Ronald becomes invincible and builds a prison on the moon .
Until finally he loses the 2nd Civil War and is sent to moon prison.”
Exercise 2.21
“Once upon a time there was a kind and empowering black woman named Frantoinette . Every day they dreamed of justice, fairness, and equity for their local community and the world.
One day Frantoinette is asked to lead the American’s in the 2nd Civil War. Because of that, millions of people vote and they create viral dance. Because of that Ronald tries to change the constitution and Twitter deletes his account and he loses the election.
But he refuses to leave the White House, until finally Biden & Harris take office and send Ronald Frump to moon prison.
Exercise 2.23
Act I - Setup: Exposition, Inciting Incident, Plot Point One
EXPOSITION
In a dystopian world, not unlike our own, Ronald Frump is a sitting U.S. president that has fallen into a love triangle with two autocratic dictators, Bladimir Flutin and King-John Urn. (1)
INCITING INCIDENT
(1). In an effort to prove his love to both of them, he conspires to hack the upcoming election (goal), (2) orders mail sorting machines and postal boxes to be dismantled (obstacle), (3) on the eve of election night he rewrites the constitution in sharpie that the President shall serve unlimited terms and tweets it out (obstacle),
PLOT POINT 1
(4) as a result Twitter deletes his account, every other social media platform follows suit (obstacle), (5) he loses the election by a mudslide, holds a press conference stating the election was a fraud and uses military force to remain in power (goal), (6) invites right-wing militias to attack and declares a second civil war against American citizens that are storming the White House (obstacle), (7) from the safety of the White House bunker, he forms an emergency military alliance with Iran, Russia, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia (goal),
Act II - Confrontation: Rising Action, Midpoint, Plot Point Two
RISING ACTION
(8) nukes all the hurricanes (obstacle), (8.5) drops plane loads of paper towels into the California forest fires (obstacle), (9) mandates bleach vaccines as a treatment for COVID19 (goal),
MIDPOINT
(10) fast tracks a pop-up prison on the moon for his political opponents (obstacle), (11) swaps all American flags with Confederate flags (goal), (12) dynamites his face over all four presidents of Mt. Rushmore,
PLOT POINT 2
(13) raises Zombie Hitler from the dead and promotes him to Secretary of Defense (goal), (14) strikes a deal with Satan and Thanos to become invincible (goal),
Act III - Resolution: Pre Climax, Climax, Denouement
RESOLUTION
(15) loses Civil War II due to COVID19 and bleach vaccine related deaths (obstacle),
PRECLIMAX
(16) gets indicted for treason and crimes against humanity (obstacle),
CLIMAX
(17) gets extradited to the pop-up moon prison (obstacle),
DENOUEMENT
(18) and lives for eternity without access to a hairstylist or makeup artist (obstacle).
Exercise 2.3
My response from User to Character was that it was a challenge user experience to simply use the document to do the exercise. In the article, it shares the value of shifting our focus from persona’s to a well rounded character put in scenarios. This helps us create a more clear picture of a character’s common traits, motivations, needs, and obstacles. A scenario is described as a character that is using software to achieve some kind of goal. If I was the protagonist, the scenario might be trying to do this exercise, but several distractions are at play and the document itself is confusing and difficult to navigate.