A COOKING STORY

So i decided to act on my bucket list and that is to take up a screenwriting course. Today I will just publish on a what we have covered so far....It's a cooking story so do share your thoughts on it.

So just click on the images to know what the story is about.

Life Insight: Work on your dreams

DEVELOPING A CHARACTER OUTLINE

1. List the character’s major actions. Start from the end and work backwards. (Don’t analyze how or why; just create a list of actions.) For this, i chose the character Meena from Sing animation  movie. Her major actions from the end towards the beginning include:

• She gains the courage to sing in front of an audience
• She helps out arrange the theatre
• She is caught singing to herself by Buster- the head of the theatre
• She gets stung by Busters' words
• She tries to offer encouragement to Buster
• She helps Buster fix the stage for the next day's performance
• She gets employed as a stage hand
• She goes for a second shot at the theatre
• She chokes at her audition (she is too nervous)
• Meena's mom hands her the flyer for the auditions
• She sings a happy birthday song to her grandfather.

2. Analyse the list to reveal the character’s wants and needs. Is the character aware of what they want?

• Meena wants to sing
• She wants to gain confidence to sing in front of an audience
• She wants to win the prize money 

3. Describe how the character thinks and look at his or her basic psychology. Intelligent? Intellectually engaged? Cognitive Biases? Impulsive? Cautious?

• Meena is cautious, her actions as she approaches Buster, the head of the theatre reveal that to us

• Meena is also intelligent, she accepts to work as a stage hand if that means that she gets an opportunity to be at the theatre. 

4. Describe the character’s superficial affect. How might a casual acquaintance describe them?

• Meena might be described by others as shy but very talented. This is seen as she steps on the stage to sing for the very first time. 

5. List any important physical characteristics

• Meena in the movie is a big sized female elephant

Tips for better decision making

No one ever tells you which decision to take especially when you are all grown up. They offer advice, guidelines but it all draws back to you, you have the final say. Choice usually seems as an easy thing but its usually full of uncertainties and doubts and sometimes its easy to know if you've made the right choice but sometimes is just out wright hard.

So then what to do? A choice has to be made after all!!!
Somebody once said, its about making a choice you can live with. Can I live with the fact that I chose to major in Communication and not Media? Can I live with the fact that I chose to go down a certain path (good or bad)? Can I live with the fact that I chose to give up on what I want for the sake of pleasing others? The bottom line is that if you can live with your choice, you can handle the consequences that come along with that. And if you can't then know that you have to choose otherwise. But determining what you can live with requires wisdom. Wisdom like is it wise to give up on your dreams just coz you can live with the consequences? Certainly not!!!
Hence first of all, In decision making, put all the advice and guidelines given on mind, then write pros and cons of your decisions. Evaluate if you can live with your choice then lastly check if its a wise one.

P.S/ This is not for the BIG choices only, the small ones too belong here/need this.
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