1. Story Statement—Aidan must discover the secret of the mysterious condition that is threatening to kill him as it killed his brother. In the process of discovery, he becomes aware of a powerful organization that relentlessly hunts people like him to use for experimentation before ruthlessly exterminating their victims. He is on the run with a small group until he realizes he will never be safe until the organization and its leader are destroyed.
2. Antagonist Sketch—Cy is seen as a savior to many. His insights and wisdom are a core part of the reshaping of society to more humanist ends. But behind many of his discoveries is a dark secret of human experimentation, torture, and merciless killing. His reeducation programs aim to make suitable members of society. Employing a professional military as well as mercenary gangs, the organization, with CY as their leader, ruthlessly incarcerates anyone showing signs of the mysterious psychological opening that is happening to Aidan. They take people into the facilities ostensibly to keep the streets safe and to give the patients the care they need. In truth, they test and experiment with the subjects, trying to understand the psychological phenomenon (opening) that is spontaneously happening.
3. Breakout Title—Initiation
4.Genre and Comparables—Supernatural action thriller.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Matrix
5. Hook line—After watching his brother deteriorate from a mysterious psychological condition, Aidan begins having similar symptoms. Armed with nothing more than a vague lead, he sets out on a quest from the safety of his mountain compound to seek help before the condition takes his sanity and then his life.
6.Inner Conflict Pt 1— When Aidan is identified as having extraordinary abilities, he is marked as an enemy of the state and hunted ruthlessly to be brought in for tortuous reeducation or to be killed. Aidan must get help for the psychological condition that is taking him over, making him sick while also giving him surprising new powers.
Inner Conflict Pt 2 (secondary conflict) Racked with guilt over his fear and inability to help his family while they were being attacked and killed. Aidan is haunted by the fear that he cracks under pressure and cannot rise to the occasion.
7. Setting—In the near future, dystopian California, the cities have become walled enclaves for the rich, healthy, and compliant members of society. Outside the walls of privilege, the rest of the population struggles for resources and lives in fear of the marauding gangs that roam freely while fighting each other for supremacy.
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1. Story Statement—Aidan must discover the secret of the mysterious condition that is threatening to kill him as it killed his brother. In the process of discovery, he becomes aware of a powerful organization that relentlessly hunts people like him to use for experimentation before ruthlessly exterminating their victims. He is on the run with a small group until he realizes he will never be safe until the organization and its leader are destroyed.
2. Antagonist Sketch—Cy is seen as a savior to many. His insights and wisdom are a core part of the reshaping of society to more humanist ends. But behind many of his discoveries is a dark secret of human experimentation, torture, and merciless killing. His reeducation programs aim to make suitable members of society. Employing a professional military as well as mercenary gangs, the organization, with CY as their leader, ruthlessly incarcerates anyone showing signs of the mysterious psychological opening that is happening to Aidan. They take people into the facilities ostensibly to keep the streets safe and to give the patients the care they need. In truth, they test and experiment with the subjects, trying to understand the psychological phenomenon (opening) that is spontaneously happening.
3. Breakout Title—Initiation
4. Genre and Comparables—Supernatural action thriller.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Matrix
5. Hook line—After watching his brother deteriorate from a mysterious psychological condition, Aidan begins having similar symptoms. Armed with nothing more than a vague lead, he sets out on a quest from the safety of his mountain compound to seek help before the condition takes his sanity and then his life.
6. Inner Conflict Pt 1— When Aidan is identified as having extraordinary abilities, he is marked as an enemy of the state and hunted ruthlessly to be brought in for tortuous reeducation or to be killed. Aidan must get help for the psychological condition that is taking him over, making him sick while also giving him surprising new powers.
Inner Conflict Pt 2 (secondary conflict) Racked with guilt over his fear and inability to help his family while they were being attacked and killed. Aidan is haunted by the fear that he cracks under pressure and cannot rise to the occasion.
7. Setting—In the near future, dystopian California, the cities have become walled enclaves for the rich, healthy, and compliant members of society. Outside the walls of privilege, the rest of the population struggles for resources and lives in fear of the marauding gangs that roam freely while fighting each other for supremacy.