Storyform for "Capote"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

• DRIVER: Action
• LIMIT: Optionlock
• OUTCOME: Success
• JUDGMENT: Bad

IMPACT CHARACTER (Perry Smith)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Past
• ISSUE: Fate vs. Destiny
• PROBLEM: Equity
• SOLUTION: Inequity
• SYMPTOM: Desire
• RESPONSE: Ability
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Destiny
• CRITICAL FLAW: Truth
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Past
• SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 3: The Future
• SIGNPOST 4: The Present

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Unconventional Friendship)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Developing a Plan
• ISSUE: State of Being vs. Sense of Self
• PROBLEM: Projection
• SOLUTION: Speculation
• SYMPTOM: Desire
• RESPONSE: Ability
• CATALYST: Sense of Self
• INHIBITOR: Instinct
• BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 1: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 3: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 4: Changing One's Nature

OVERALL STORY (Covering the Kasan killings)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Understanding
• ISSUE: Instinct vs. Conditioning
• PROBLEM: Knowledge
• SOLUTION: Thought
• SYMPTOM: Desire
• RESPONSE: Ability
• CATALYST: Conditioning
• INHIBITOR: State of Being
• BENCHMARK: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 1: Doing
• SIGNPOST 2: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 3: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

MAIN CHARACTER (Truman Capote)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Memories
• ISSUE: Truth vs. Falsehood
• PROBLEM: Knowledge
• SOLUTION: Thought
• SYMPTOM: Perception
• RESPONSE: Actuality
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Falsehood
• CRITICAL FLAW: Fate
• BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 2: Memories
• SIGNPOST 3: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 4: Innermost Desires

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

Ability: being suited to handle a task; the innate capacity to do or be

Action: in terms of the Overall plot, actions force decisions

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Actuality: objective reality; the way things are

Bad: Truman Capote ultimately fails in resolving his personal problems

Be-er: Truman Capote prefers to work things out internally

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

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Conditioning: responses based on experience or training

Contemplation: present considerations

Desire: the motivation toward something better

Destiny: the future path an individual must take

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Equity: a balance, fairness, or stability

Falsehood: that which has been shown to be erroneous

Fate: a future situation that will befall an individual

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Inequity: an unbalance, unfairness, or lack or equality

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Instinct: intrinsic unconditioned responses

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

Logical: Truman Capote uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

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

Perception: the way things seem to be

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Projection: an extension of probability into the future

Sense of Self: one's perception of oneself

Situation: a situation or environment

Speculation: an extension of possibilities into the future

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

State of Being: one's true nature

Steadfast: Truman Capote ultimately retains his essential nature

Success: the original goal is achieved

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Thought: the process of consideration

Truth: that which is actually correct

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something