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- Module 1: Function-First (What Each Supporting Character Is For)Week one we name function. Every supporting character should be FOR something — a specific story function the protagonist can't perform alone. Mirror, foil, ally, opposition, revelation-carrier, comic6
- 1.1Module 1: Overview20
- 1.2Mindset Maven Test: What Function Does Each of YOUR Supporting Characters Actually Perform?2 Questions
- 1.3Meditation: Naming the Function (a Slow Audio for the Cast)11
- 1.4Writing Prompt: Module 130
- 1.5INSPIRATION: The Six Supporting Characters Who Performed the Same Function (and the Four I Cut)15
- 1.6Companion Blog: Every Supporting Character Should Have One Job. Most Drafts Skip the Step.10
- Module 2: Voice Differentiation Without Tics or AccentsWeek two installs voice differentiation. Most writers differentiate supporting characters with verbal tics (everyone has a catchphrase) or written-phonetic accents (yikes). Neither works. We use the f6
- 2.1Module 2: Overview20
- 2.2Mindset Maven Test: Which of the Four Voice Tools Are YOU Underusing?2 Questions
- 2.3Meditation: Hearing the Four Tools (a Listening Audio)10
- 2.4Writing Prompt: Module 230
- 2.5INSPIRATION: The Three Characters I Differentiated With Phonetic Spelling (and How Embarrassing It Was to Recognize)15
- 2.6Companion Blog: Differentiate Character Voices Without Tics or Phonetic Accents. Here Are the Four Real Tools.10
- Module 3: The Demanding-Character Audit (When a Supporting Character Wants More Space)Week three covers the demanding character — the supporting character who 'wants' more development than the structure can give. Sometimes this is a real signal (the character belongs in a different dra6
- 3.1Module 3: Overview20
- 3.2Mindset Maven Test: Which of YOUR Supporting Characters Is Demanding More Than Her Function Justifies?2 Questions
- 3.3Meditation: The Hard Audit Audio (Use Before Demanding-Character Decisions)9
- 3.4Writing Prompt: Module 330
- 3.5INSPIRATION: The Supporting Character I Spun Off Into Her Own Book (and the One I Should Have Cut Instead)15
- 3.6Companion Blog: The Demanding Supporting Character Is Usually a Function Failure. Here’s How to Tell.10
- Module 4: The Cast Map (Documenting the Ensemble for the Rest of the Draft)Final week. You'll build the Cast Map — a one-to-two-page reference holding every character, their assigned function, their voice tool, their scene-count budget, their relationship to the protagonist.6
- 4.1Module 4: Overview20
- 4.2Mindset Maven Test: What Specifically Belongs in YOUR Cast Map?2 Questions
- 4.3Meditation: Closing Audio: The Cast Map and the Cards13
- 4.4Writing Prompt: Module 430
- 4.5INSPIRATION: Twelve Years of Cast Maps (And the Drafts That Wouldn’t Have Held Without Them)15
- 4.6Companion Blog: Build a Cast Map for Your Ensemble. Use Side-Character Cards. Let the Function Be the Job.10