Storyform for "Ciudade de Deus (City of God) "

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

• DRIVER: Action
• LIMIT: Optionlock
• OUTCOME: Failure
• JUDGMENT: Good

IMPACT CHARACTER (Li'l Zé / Community of Violence)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: How Things are Changing
• ISSUE: Fantasy vs. Fact
• PROBLEM: Cause
• SOLUTION: Effect
• SYMPTOM: Result
• RESPONSE: Process
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Security
• CRITICAL FLAW: Worry
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: The Past
• SIGNPOST 3: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 4: The Future

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Undiscernable)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Playing a Role
• ISSUE: Thought vs. Knowledge
• PROBLEM: Unending
• SOLUTION: Ending
• SYMPTOM: Theory
• RESPONSE: Hunch
• CATALYST: Ability
• INHIBITOR: Experience
• BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 1: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 4: Conceiving an Idea

OVERALL STORY (Surviving in the City of God)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Doing
• ISSUE: Enlightenment vs. Wisdom
• PROBLEM: Unending
• SOLUTION: Ending
• SYMPTOM: Result
• RESPONSE: Process
• CATALYST: Skill
• INHIBITOR: Desire
• BENCHMARK: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 3: Doing
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

MAIN CHARACTER (Rocket)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Impulsive Responses
• ISSUE: Worth vs. Value
• PROBLEM: Unending
• SOLUTION: Ending
• SYMPTOM: Expectation
• RESPONSE: Determination
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Confidence
• CRITICAL FLAW: Threat
• BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: Doing
• CONSEQUENCE: Playing a Role
• COST: How Things are Changing
• DIVIDEND: Impulsive Responses
• REQUIREMENT: Obtaining
• PREREQUISITE: Changing One's Nature
• PRECONDITION: The Future
• FOREWARNINGS: Innermost Desires

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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

Be-er: Rocket prefers to work things out internally

Cause: the specific circumstances that lead to an effect

Change: Rocket 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

Confidence: belief in the accuracy of expectations

Contemplation: present considerations

Desire: the motivation toward something better

Determination: a conclusion based on circumstantial evidence

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Effect: the specific outcome forced by a cause

Ending: coming to a conclusion

Enlightenment: an understanding that transcends knowledge

Expectation: a conclusion as to the eventual effect of a particular cause

Experience: the gaining of familiarity

Fact: belief in something real

Failure: the original goal is not achieved

Fantasy: belief in something unreal

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Rocket ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Hunch: an understanding based on insufficient circumstantial evidence

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Intuitive: Rocket uses intuitive problem solving techniques

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

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

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Process: an ongoing activity; the mechanism through which a cause leads to an effect

Result: the product of a process; the ramifications of a specific effect

Security: an evaluation of one's defenses and protections

Situation: a situation or environment

Skill: aptitude or innate ability

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

Steadfast: Rocket ultimately retains his essential nature

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Theory: an unbroken chain of relationships leading from a premise to a conclusion

Thought: the process of consideration

Threat: an evaluation of potential negative forces

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something

Unending: continuing without cessation

Value: the objective usefulness of something in general

Wisdom: understanding how to apply Knowledge

Worry: concern for the future

Worth: a rating of usefulness or desirability to oneself personally