Today we started to work on putting together stories from the character sheets we drew up.
We noticed from the stories we put together that it was very simple to make a story. All we had to do was find a character with a goal and give him/her an antagonist who works against the goal.
One story we put together was about Lola, whose goal is to get a rainbow lollipop from a baby.
This is a great comedic setup because the antagonist (the baby) seems weak in comparison to Lola, but will turn out to be stronger.
Lola makes three attempts to get the lollipop from the baby but is thwarted each time by the baby's intelligence or strength. Lola gets meaner and meaner until she kicks the baby and takes the lollipop.
Of course, the baby cries drawing the attention of passersby and Lola has to give the lollipop back. As Lola walks away, sad and defeated, the baby offers her a lick of its lollipop. Lola sits down and they share the lollipop.
This is a great comedic ending because it goes against Lola's meanness, her defining characteristic. She couldn't get the lollipop with meanness; she could only get it when the baby kindly offered it. This is a basic form of comedy: "character gets something she wants, but in an entirely unexpected way."
