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Storyform for "CONTACT"
CHARACTER
DYNAMICS:
- MC
RESOLVE: Change
- MC
GROWTH: Stop
- MC
APPROACH: Do-er
- MC
PROBLEM-SOLVING STYLE: Logical
- IC
RESOLVE: Steadfast
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PLOT
DYNAMICS:
- DRIVER:
Action
- LIMIT:
Optionlock
- OUTCOME:
Failure
- JUDGMENT:
Good
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MAIN
CHARACTER - (Dr. Eleanor Ann Arroway)
- THROUGHLINE:
Situation
- CONCERN:
The Present
- ISSUE:
Repulsion vs. Attraction
- PROBLEM:
Probability
- SOLUTION:
Possibility
- SYMPTOM:
Reduction
- RESPONSE:
Production
- UNIQUE
ABILITY: Attraction
- CRITICAL
FLAW: Reappraisal
- BENCHMARK:
How Things are Changing
- SIGNPOST
1: The Future
- SIGNPOST
2: The Present
- SIGNPOST
3: The Past
- SIGNPOST
4: How Things are Changing
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MAIN
VS. IMPACT STORY - (Colleagues or Lovers?)
- THROUGHLINE:
Manipulation
- CONCERN:
Conceiving an Idea
- ISSUE:
Permission vs. Deficiency
- PROBLEM:
Probability
- SOLUTION:
Possibility
- SYMPTOM:
Evaluation
- RESPONSE:
Reevaluation
- CATALYST:
Need
- INHIBITOR:
Analysis
- BENCHMARK:
Playing a Role
- SIGNPOST
1: Conceiving an Idea
- SIGNPOST
2: Developing a Plan
- SIGNPOST
3: Playing a Role
- SIGNPOST
4: Changing One's Nature
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OVERALL
STORY - (To Learn that we are not alone)
- THROUGHLINE:
Activity
- CONCERN:
Gathering Information
- ISSUE:
Prerequisites vs. Preconditions
- PROBLEM:
Probability
- SOLUTION:
Possibility
- SYMPTOM:
Certainty
- RESPONSE:
Potentiality
- CATALYST:
Strategy
- INHIBITOR:
Expediency
- BENCHMARK:
Doing
- SIGNPOST
1: Understanding
- SIGNPOST
2: Gathering Information
- SIGNPOST
3: Doing
- SIGNPOST
4: Obtaining
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IMPACT
CHARACTER - (Palmer Joss)
- THROUGHLINE:
Fixed Attitude
- CONCERN:
Contemplation
- ISSUE:
Reappraisal vs. Appraisal
- PROBLEM:
Proaction
- SOLUTION:
Reaction
- SYMPTOM:
Certainty
- RESPONSE:
Potentiality
- UNIQUE
ABILITY: Appraisal
- CRITICAL
FLAW: Repulsion
- BENCHMARK:
Impulsive Responses
- SIGNPOST
1: Contemplation
- SIGNPOST
2: Memories
- SIGNPOST
3: Impulsive Responses
- SIGNPOST
4: Innermost Desires
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ADDITIONAL
STORY POINTS
- GOAL:
Gathering Information
- CONSEQUENCE:
Conceiving an Idea
- COST:
Contemplation
- DIVIDEND:
The Present
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- REQUIREMENT:
Doing
- PREREQUISITE:
Playing a Role
- PRECONDITION:
Impulsive Responses
- FOREWARNINGS:
How Things are Changing
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Copyright
© 1994-2009 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
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