I'm doing parts of the GDD now, and it's going alright. (I'll have them on huddle/here by tonight)
I'm just having some thoughts as to what Ken, and Emel said about trying to have the characters seem more fleshed out, and actually have some personality/emotions. Up to now, the only motive that Harland has is to try and get out of the facility, which works fine, but we could have this as a much stronger motive.
Example - Say Harland has a family, and the only job that he can keep is mining, (due to the industrial era, mining was in need), and needs money to help his daughter/child who is really sick. So maybe, he is set on finding some form of help for his daughter while in this place. He might have purposely went into this trap, because he already has some form on info about Dr. Reeves?
I got this idea from reading Shutter Island, which is a great book! It's so much better than the film(which is really good). One of the main characters is looking for a way to get to the island, to find the guy who murdered his wife, so he can kill him. But that isn't revealed for ages. Maybe he heard about the Dr obscure, and 'unconventional' methods, and think that could help his daughter. So he goes through each mine, looking for the facility.
I think the idea of Harland trying to find something in there for someone is another good reason for him to push forwards through the facility rather than just scrambling to get back the way he came in.
ReplyDeleteLast art lesson I was talking with Emel about the emotions of the characters, namely Mrs. Reeves and how she felt towards the end. Whether she was as nutty as he was or if the end, the fact she was dying through her into depression or something. I think a lot of it will eventually come to light as we start writing more of the narrative/story elements.