Storyform for "The 40 Year-Old Virgin "

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

• MC RESOLVE: Change
• MC GROWTH: Start
• MC APPROACH: Do-er
• MC PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Logical
• IC RESOLVE: Steadfast

PLOT DYNAMICS:

• DRIVER: Decision
• LIMIT: Optionlock
• OUTCOME: Success
• JUDGMENT: Good

MAIN CHARACTER (Andy)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Future
• ISSUE: Delay vs. Choice
• PROBLEM: Support
• SOLUTION: Oppose
• SYMPTOM: Avoidance
• RESPONSE: Pursuit
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Preconception
• CRITICAL FLAW: Closure
• BENCHMARK: The Past
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: The Past
• SIGNPOST 3: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 4: The Future

OVERALL STORY (Getting Andy Laid)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Changing One's Nature
• ISSUE: Rationalization vs. Obligation
• PROBLEM: Support
• SOLUTION: Oppose
• SYMPTOM: Reconsider
• RESPONSE: Consider
• CATALYST: Obligation
• INHIBITOR: Approach
• BENCHMARK: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 1: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 4: Developing a Plan

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Dating)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Obtaining
• ISSUE: Approach vs. Attitude
• PROBLEM: Logic
• SOLUTION: Feeling
• SYMPTOM: Reconsider
• RESPONSE: Consider
• CATALYST: Attitude
• INHIBITOR: Rationalization
• BENCHMARK: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 1: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 2: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Doing

IMPACT CHARACTER (Trish/Friends)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Innermost Desires
• ISSUE: Hope vs. Dream
• PROBLEM: Pursuit
• SOLUTION: Avoidance
• SYMPTOM: Reconsider
• RESPONSE: Consider
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Denial
• CRITICAL FLAW: Openness
• BENCHMARK: Memories
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: Changing One's Nature
• CONSEQUENCE: Obtaining
• COST: Innermost Desires
• DIVIDEND: The Future
• REQUIREMENT: Developing a Plan
• PREREQUISITE: Understanding
• PRECONDITION: Memories
• FOREWARNINGS: The Past

VOCABULARY:

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Approach: one's methodology of doing or being

Attitude: demeanor or outlook

Avoidance: stepping around, preventing or escaping from a problem

Change: Andy changes his essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Choice: making a decision

Closure: bringing something to an end or to completion

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Consider: weigh pros and cons

Contemplation: present considerations

Decision: in the plot, decisions force actions

Delay: putting off until later

Denial: the refusal to admit to oneself or others that a previously held view is no longer true

Developing a Plan: visualizing how an existing idea might be implemented

Do-er: Andy looks for a physical solution to his problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Dream: a desired future that does not fall within reasonable expectations

Feeling: an emotional sense of how things are going

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Andy ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

Hope: a desired future that falls within reasonable expectations

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Logic: a rational sense of how things are related

Logical: Andy uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Obligation: accepting a task or situation in exchange for someone's earlier or potential favors

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

Openness: willingness to reevaluate

Oppose: an indirect detraction from another's effort

Optionlock: the story climax occurs because all options have been exhausted

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Preconception: adhering to a previous held view; unwillingness to reevaluate

Pursuit: the drive to seek after

Rationalization: an alternative explanation used to mask the real reason

Reconsider: thinking through again

Situation: a situation or environment

Start: regarding Andy, the audience is waiting for something to begin

Steadfast: Andy ultimately retains his essential nature

Success: the original goal is achieved

Support: indirect assistance given to another's efforts

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something