Sequence 2:Responding to the Challenge
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Show the hero's response to the challenge and take him to the point where he consciously considers then balks at the challenge (refuse the call) then accepts it.
- Initial Reaction to the challenge
- Hero's greatest fear
- Refuse the call
- Reveal some backstory
- Setup subplots
- Consequences for refusing the challenge
- Pressure to accept the challenge
- Force the hero to accept the challenge
- Introduce the ally/lover and other major characters
- Establish the stakes - worst thing that can happen
- Motivation - why the hero acts
- Accept the challenge
- Establish the hero's first goal (it can be wrong)
- Major Dramatic Question (i.e. what is you theme)
- Cross the threshold - point of no return
- Turning points