STORY ENGINE SETTINGS FOR "ALLY McBEAL EPISODE"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

MC RESOLVE: Steadfast
MC GROWTH: Stop
MC APPROACH: Do-er
MC MENTAL SEX: Male

OC RESOLVE: Change

 PLOT DYNAMICS:

DRIVER: Decision
LIMIT: Optionlock
OUTCOME: Success
JUDGMENT: Bad

OBJECTIVE STORY THROUGHLINE (Son's Control Over Father)

DOMAIN: Universe
CONCERN: The Present
ISSUE: Work vs. Attempt
PROBLEM: Potentiality
SOLUTION: Certainty
FOCUS: Induction
DIRECTION: Deduction
CATALYST: Attempt
INHIBITOR: Analysis
BENCHMARK: The Past

SIGNPOST 1: The Past
SIGNPOST 2: Progress
SIGNPOST 3: The Future
SIGNPOST 4: The Present

MAIN CHARACTER THROUGHLINE (Ally McBeal)

DOMAIN: Physics
CONCERN: Learning
ISSUE: Analysis vs. Strategy
PROBLEM: Production
SOLUTION: Reduction
FOCUS: Induction
DIRECTION: Deduction
UNIQUE ABILITY: Preconditions
CRITICAL FLAW: Repulsion
BENCHMARK: Understanding

SIGNPOST 1: Learning
SIGNPOST 2: Understanding
SIGNPOST 3: Doing
SIGNPOST 4: Obtaining


OBSTACLE CHARACTER THROUGHLINE (John Cage)

DOMAIN: Psychology
CONCERN: Conceiving
ISSUE: Expediency vs. Need
PROBLEM: Potentiality
SOLUTION: Certainty
FOCUS: Nonacceptance
DIRECTION: Acceptance
UNIQUE ABILITY: Deficiency
CRITICAL FLAW: Reappraisal
BENCHMARK: Conceptualizing

SIGNPOST 1: Conceiving
SIGNPOST 2: Conceptualizing
SIGNPOST 3: Being
SIGNPOST 4: Becoming

SUBJECTIVE STORY THROUGHLINE (Dating Your Boss)

DOMAIN: Mind
CONCERN: The Conscious
ISSUE: Investigation vs. Doubt
PROBLEM: Nonacceptance
SOLUTION: Acceptance
FOCUS: Induction
DIRECTION: Deduction
CATALYST: Doubt
INHIBITOR: Expediency
BENCHMARK: Memory

SIGNPOST 1: The Conscious
SIGNPOST 2: Memory
SIGNPOST 3: The Subconscious
SIGNPOST 4: The Preconscious

 

ADDITIONAL STORY APPRECIATIONS:

GOAL: The Present
CONSEQUENCE: The Conscious
COST: Conceiving
DIVIDEND: Learning
REQUIREMENT: The Past
PREREQUISITE: Memory
PRECONDITION: Conceptualizing
FOREWARNINGS: Understanding

 

Copyright © 1994-2006 Write Brothers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Based on theories and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley
Dramatica is a registered trademark of Screenplay Systems Incorporated. Patent #5,734,916; #6,105,046

 

 

Copyright © 1994-2006 Write Brothers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Based on theories and materials developed by Melanie Anne Phillips and Chris Huntley
Dramatica is a registered trademark of Screenplay Systems Incorporated. Patent #5,734,916; #6,105,046