Lesson 1-Assignment 1

I used #5 of the 20 Ways To Get A Plot--See it

General Story Idea:

Vila, an extradition agent, trains and becomes friends with his trainee, Rhonda. He introduces her to his wife and children who develop a close relationship.


Rhonda watches as the story unfolds. Vila is a control freak and always has been. He is a charmer and usually gets what he wants. Rhonda finds out about his infidelity and so does his wife Mindy. Vila has an accident causing brief amnesia which he plays on and fools everyone for a while as to whether he can remember or not.

He hires a former inmate to stalk and play mind games wih Mindy. He loses control of the inmate and cannot stop the stalking.

Expand on relationships with some of the women he has as mistresses and their interaction with Mindy. Expand on Mindy and Rhonda's search for the truth and the depth of hurt and desolation caused to each individual used by Vila.


Ex-extradition agent disappears. Murdered? Body fed to alligator in deep south? Who did it?

How is the body disposed of?