Characters:
Dr. Allen Bronson, Chief Resident psychiatrist
Dr. George Martinez, Second Year Resident psychiatrist
Minor Characters:
Patient
Clarence, Allen’s older brother
Arnold, Allen’s father
Camille, Allen’s mother
Plot:
There are two psychiatrists who were friends since college and are now colleagues in the same hospital. Though they came from similar backgrounds (financially), Dr. George came from a “normal” family of three children, still with both parents. Dr. Allen, however, has an older brother who has a record in jail, with both of them still living with their father, and gets regular visits from their mother who is now a wino living in the streets. He was taught about the harsh reality of life, how everyone is out to save his own skin, and how no one will really help you unless they want something else from you.
By becoming a psychiatrist, Dr. Allen is able to manipulate patients, some of which used to be the patients of the Dr. George. Because Dr. Allen showed them what is wrong with their lives by magnifying them immensely, he was able to free them of the confines of their pretentious worlds.
Research method:
Aside from the human tone for the characters, the research in this story will include the medications that will be used, drugs that will be consumed by the characters, and the basic information on the different psychological disorders that the patients are suffering from. Research material will come from books, the Internet, and latest news about breakthroughs on psych medicines.
Reason for doing the story:
I sort of “specialize” on topics that include psychology and/or drugs, since I read about these things a lot. Also, I’ve interviewed psychologists for past articles, and already get the hang of how they talk. As for the psychiatrist, I’ve already talked with two of them, since I went inside a psychiatry ward for an article.
GALANG, Gilda Ysobel G.
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hi, gel! very interesting! and it is always good to try to get out of oneself when developing characters for fiction. this kind of work will require a lot of observing and listening. see to it that the characters act, sound, and feel true. the story itself has to ring true. i suggest you focus on a very specific aspect of one of the character's life, and develop the story first, before the issues. it would be interesting to see how the patients affect him, fr instance. what he eats for breakfast. whether he reads the papers or not. also, locate the story in a very specific milieu. specify mo na lang kung anong hospital, anong clinic, para mas masarap gawan ng descriptions for the setting. =)
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