User blog comment:Dorkpool/Why Doesn't The Jeff Formula Work (And How To Fix It)/@comment-26011836-20150406031106

I think you've made some good points about this formula, especially the point about the characters. I consider characters to be a bit more important than the plot becauseif you don't have well written characters, then no matter what type of plot you throw them into, the results will turn out bad 99.9% of the time. I have an idea for a bully character. This character is a vampire bully who picks on the main character because her father blames her for the death of his wife, who died after giving birth to the girl. Not only that, but the blame leads to her father giving her years of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse. With this abuse, she constantly bullies not only the main character, but other people as well. She does this not because of "The plot demands it derpy derp!" but because this seems to be the only she knows how to deal with her emotions. It may need work but I think it's a good start.