What should my character's job be?

[fu2zi]

Hi,

I've got an idea for a story, but i'm stuck on one of the sub-plots and i'd be grateful if you could throw some ideas in my direction.
I've got a character that I want to seem to be really successful in his job at the start - something like a stock broker or a car salesman. We later find out that he's been breaking the law to get ahead (fraud or something) and he's in danger of being found out.

Firstly, I've not decided what his job should be, and secondly, the details of how he could break the law to appear to be more successful.

Any suggestions or ideas where I could do some research on employee fraud?

[Kastman]

Well my idea wil suck but here it be anyway: He can be a lawyer who behind closed dors threatens the client of the other lawyer, wins his cases and gets more successful as people realise he never lost a case until one person doesn't stand for his threats adn when he makes like a second visit to her(or him, whoever uyou wnat the client to be) they can secretly be hiding a tape recorder, and blackmail him or just go and show people.... true story too....

[Joe Sun]

college basketball coach

[the bark]

What about a pharmaceutical rep who's selling new or experimental drugs to rival pharmaceutical companies?
They make some big bucks, travel extensively and there's lots of different approaches to the fall outs of a salesman's travel and potential drug related reprisals. If the latter approaches are to much for your type of story it still works well.

[AxeDamn]

He could be a circus ring-master who kills the clowns if they disobey him.

[Alex]

Stockbroker or Investment analyst. Both have to follow stringent SEC regulations, and both can benefit from manipulating information.

Either one can benefit from insider information (illegal), and both can conceal their losses/mistakes in order to look more successful. I can tell you more about this if you need as I work in this industry.

Two good movies that would completely provide a subplot for you are "Rogue Trader" (conceals investing losses) and "Wall Street" (insider trading).

Alex
Little Rock, Arkansas

[przybyla]

He could be a circus ring-master who kills the clowns if they disobey him.

Beeble is on the right track.

This sounds more like a comedy idea.

How about a bum that is content with that stealing cabs and driving people around when he needs a buck. Or a fake valet parking guy. I don't know?

[Maestro]

I think you should dig deeper--what's your theme? What's your protag's character flaw/internal conflict? What's the best way to dramatize that?

Maestro

[wilykily]

An Enron executive

[Beeblebrox]

Originally posted by wilykily
An Enron executive

I like it!

[Ezikel]

He could be an anaesthesiologist who doesn't knock out his patients, merely numbs them forcing them to endure the full pain of surgery in a fully concious state.

[Scarface98.9]

Concieveably, the character could be a bank manager, who's been secretly skimming some money off of delivery's and such. If you have the keys to the vault, it could make for some interesting drama

[wilykily]

Originally posted by Ezikel
He could be an anaesthesiologist who doesn't knock out his patients, merely numbs them forcing them to endure the full pain of surgery in a fully concious state.


That's really funny (in a sick twisted way)

[Begbie2004]

I would make the character a police lieutenant or an army colonel

[The UserName]

How about an owner of a store, or restauarant? The stuff he sells or puts in his food can be illegal. Maybe he can be a real estate agent?

or he can be caught with pot or if ya wanna be funnier and/or fucked up, he can mistake his suitcase with somebody elses and the new suitcase can have like dildos and pictrues of naked boys....

[yldii]

Stick him in politics. Seneter or congressman or something like that.

[Satans Puppet]

A Vegitarian who has an out of date burger in his freezer, that speaks to him, asking and pleading for the fella to eat it.. You could also have a sub plot that local cows in the area are being butchered and not only is the fella a nut case but the burger sitting in his freezer isn't the same one, its bits of the dodgy massacred cows, he has in fact been eating raw burgers for the past 6 months...

Or something :confused: