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7-SETTING<br/> In this scene Maleek has convinced Imani to undergo regression hypnosis with her therapist. She has flashed back to a repressed event that happened when she was fourteen. She is in her father’s nuts and bolts warehouse. The warehouse setting plays an integral part in the scene.<br/> <...

6-CONFLICT- TWO MORE LEVELS<br/> <br/> Immediately following the abrupt ending of the one and only love relationship she ever had, the only one that she thought might actually work out, Imani Dubois, a celebrated novelist, falls into turmoil when her gift for writing evaporates. She is further distr...

5-PRIMARY CONFLICT<br/> <br/> With the unwelcome aid of the fictional character that she’s created, a celebrated novelist, who has lost her gift for writing, must relive memories of a traumatic past in order to unlock her next book.<br/> <br/> SCENE: Imani is not quite sure what sends her seeking th...

4-GENRE AND COMPARABLES <br/> Genre: Paranormal Fiction<br/> Magical Realism Comparable Novel: Keeper of Lost Things Author: Ruth Hogan Genre: Magical realism I believe my novel Locked Box and Ruth Hogan’s novel Keeper of Lost Things are comparable and should be shelved together in the bookstore. Re...

3-BREAKOUT TITLE

Locked Box

Her Little Locked Box

The Character

2- ANTAGONIST [200 words] Maleek the character Imani created, jumps off the page, declaring he came to ‘clear the gridlock,’ and let her words flow. No one else can see or hear him. Stunned,Imani fears she’s losing her mind . . . again. Maleek won’t go away. She relents, agrees to work with him. His...

STORY STATEMENT<br/>

After her live-in boyfriend exited her life, Imani Dubois, a celebrated novelist, becomes desperate to resolve her emergent writer’s block and finds herself compelled to work with the fictional character that she has created.