1. Remember that character you pictured originally? Are they the hero or the villain?
She's the hero, from her perspective anyway.
2. Do you want the hero or the villain to win?
I think she's going to 'win'. But winning will create plenty of it's own problems.
3. From whose point of view are you telling the story? (who is your main focus?)
Probably third person focusing on the young woman. Changed my mind. First person. I tried starting in third and it was not working. At all.
4. Ok. Now that you know that...where did this all start? How was the problem created?
It started when the un-named pandemic began, the first cases developing in the united states and rapidly spreading against north america and then the world. A private company (once again, no name yet. I'm bad with names) creates a cure and begins operating, the people unknowing the procedure that cures the disease also puts their thought process under the company's control.
5. How did you character get mixed up in the problem?
She gets the operation. However, she only gets it in one eye and therefore only has one eye operated on. The cure had just been invented at this point, so the company is unsure of the effects of this. It turns out it allows her to experience and understand the thought process the mind-controlled people are experiencing, while still being capable of free, independent thought.
6. Why does she care about the problem?
It's effecting everyone, including her. And having two separate thought processes happening at once is annoying.
7. How does the problem affect those around her?
Well, those who've had the operation are helpless under mind control, and those who haven't are thought crazy by those who've had and are forced into exile.
8. Does anyone else care about this problem?
Yes. It effects everyone. Though most aren't capable of free thought, so they don't know it. Those who are aware of the problem are searching for a non-mind controlling cure as well as trying to stop the company's rapidly growing control of the world.
9. Has anyone else tried to find a solution? If so, what happened?
The problem in relatively new, so there haven't been many attempts. There's also not many with the operation only in one eye. There may be another group (possibly within the company) trying to create more people like the young woman in order to destroy the company.
10. What prompts him to finally go into action?
Originally, she just wants to free herself from the thoughts implanted by the company. But as she begins to understand the full scale of what's happening, she knows she could never live with herself if she didn't try.