I'm writing a new short script and the hero created is suffering from chronic depression but masks it with black market prescription "upper" drugs. Everything was going fine when writing until I realized I had no clue why she suffered from chronic depression in the first place. I ran through her bac...
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People fall into chronic depression when life lets them down and their dreams are lost. You have to ask "What did she-he come down here for?"
Chemical imbalances....... now there's a challenge. LOL. The only bad things that's happened to her in her past (so far) is her parents' death in a car accident and she being diagnosed with infertilit...
Expand commentChemical imbalances....... now there's a challenge. LOL. The only bad things that's happened to her in her past (so far) is her parents' death in a car accident and she being diagnosed with infertility. Death of a parent is always a huge stressor on a child. Infertility could be a major contributor, especially because she's a woman. The thought of her not being able to have kids of her own one day could be pretty hard to deal with. She'll build the belief that no man would want to be with a woman who can't reproduce therefor dropping her self-esteem.... I think I just about have this figured out. lol
Genetics? Not very interesting but it happens.
What are her goals in life? What does she want to win? Why is the Antagaonist keeping her from reaching her goals? What is the Hero willing to do in an extreme measure to defeat the Antagonist and win? That should help you determine what caused her chronic depression.
Exactly... something is out of balance; her life, her trust; something or someone she lost, etc. This is part of or close to the inciting incident. If she knows what her ultimate goal is; which must i...
Expand commentExactly... something is out of balance; her life, her trust; something or someone she lost, etc. This is part of or close to the inciting incident. If she knows what her ultimate goal is; which must include defeating the protagonist, then that might explain what she lost that is causing her depression.