Storyform for "The Constant Gardener"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

OVERALL STORY (An Evil Alliance)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: How Things are Changing
• ISSUE: Fact vs. Fantasy
• PROBLEM: Non-Accurate
• SOLUTION: Accurate
• SYMPTOM: Unproven
• RESPONSE: Proven
• CATALYST: Security
• INHIBITOR: Worry
• BENCHMARK: The Present
• SIGNPOST 1: The Past
• SIGNPOST 2: The Present
• SIGNPOST 3: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 4: The Future

IMPACT CHARACTER (Tessa Quayle)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Playing a Role
• ISSUE: Desire vs. Ability
• PROBLEM: Process
• SOLUTION: Result
• SYMPTOM: Unproven
• RESPONSE: Proven
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Ability
• CRITICAL FLAW: Experience
• BENCHMARK: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 1: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 2: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 3: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 4: Changing One's Nature

MAIN CHARACTER (Justin Quayle)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Doing
• ISSUE: Experience vs. Skill
• PROBLEM: Non-Accurate
• SOLUTION: Accurate
• SYMPTOM: Determination
• RESPONSE: Expectation
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Skill
• CRITICAL FLAW: Desire
• BENCHMARK: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 1: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 2: Doing
• SIGNPOST 3: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 4: Obtaining

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Unlikely Lovers)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Impulsive Responses
• ISSUE: Value vs. Worth
• PROBLEM: Non-Accurate
• SOLUTION: Accurate
• SYMPTOM: Process
• RESPONSE: Result
• CATALYST: Confidence
• INHIBITOR: Threat
• BENCHMARK: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 1: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 3: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 4: Memories

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: How Things are Changing
• CONSEQUENCE: Impulsive Responses
• COST: Playing a Role
• DIVIDEND: Doing
• REQUIREMENT: The Present
• PREREQUISITE: Contemplation
• PRECONDITION: Conceiving an Idea
• FOREWARNINGS: Gathering Information

VOCABULARY:

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

Accurate: being within tolerances

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Change: Justin Quayle 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

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

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: Justin Quayle ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Logical: Justin Quayle uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Non-Accurate: not within tolerances

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

Proven: an assessment that something is correct by all relevant standards

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

Steadfast: Justin Quayle ultimately retains his essential nature

Stop: regarding Justin Quayle, the audience is waiting for something to end

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Threat: an evaluation of potential negative forces

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something

Unproven: a conjecture that has not been tested

Value: the objective usefulness of something in general

Worry: concern for the future

Worth: a rating of usefulness or desirability to oneself personally