Storyform for "The Contender"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

OVERALL STORY (Choosing a new V.P.)

  • THROUGHLINE:  Situation
  • CONCERN:  The Present
  • ISSUE:  Repulsion vs. Attraction
  • PROBLEM:  Production
  • SOLUTION:  Reduction
  • SYMPTOM:  Probability
  • RESPONSE:  Possibility
  • CATALYST:  Work
  • INHIBITOR:  Strategy
  • BENCHMARK:  The Future
  • SIGNPOST 1:  The Past
  • SIGNPOST 2:  How Things are Changing
  • SIGNPOST 3:  The Future
  • SIGNPOST 4:  The Present

MAIN CHARACTER (Laine Hanson)

  • THROUGHLINE:  Manipulation
  • CONCERN:  Conceiving an Idea
  • ISSUE:  Deficiency vs. Permission
  • PROBLEM:  Reevaluation
  • SOLUTION:  Evaluation
  • SYMPTOM:  Probability
  • RESPONSE:  Possibility
  • UNIQUE ABILITY:  Permission
  • CRITICAL FLAW:  Appraisal
  • BENCHMARK:  Changing One's Nature
  • SIGNPOST 1:  Developing a Plan
  • SIGNPOST 2:  Conceiving an Idea
  • SIGNPOST 3:  Playing a Role
  • SIGNPOST 4:  Changing One's Nature

IMPACT CHARACTER (Pres. Evans/ Sen. Webster)

  • THROUGHLINE:  Activity
  • CONCERN:  Gathering Information
  • ISSUE:  Preconditions vs. Prerequisites
  • PROBLEM:  Production
  • SOLUTION:  Reduction
  • SYMPTOM:  Deduction
  • RESPONSE:  Induction
  • UNIQUE ABILITY:  Prerequisites
  • CRITICAL FLAW:  Attraction
  • BENCHMARK:  Obtaining
  • SIGNPOST 1:  Understanding
  • SIGNPOST 2:  Doing
  • SIGNPOST 3:  Obtaining
  • SIGNPOST 4:  Gathering Information

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Battle of Principles)

  • THROUGHLINE:  Fixed Attitude
  • CONCERN:  Contemplation
  • ISSUE:  Reappraisal vs. Appraisal
  • PROBLEM:  Protection
  • SOLUTION:  Inaction
  • SYMPTOM:  Probability
  • RESPONSE:  Possibility
  • CATALYST:  Investigation
  • INHIBITOR:  Need
  • BENCHMARK:  Innermost Desires
  • SIGNPOST 1:  Memories
  • SIGNPOST 2:  Impulsive Responses
  • SIGNPOST 3:  Innermost Desires
  • SIGNPOST 4:  Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

  • GOAL:  The Present
  • CONSEQUENCE:  Contemplation
  • COST:  Gathering Information
  • DIVIDEND:  Conceiving an Idea
  • REQUIREMENT:  The Future
  • PREREQUISITE:  Innermost Desires
  • PRECONDITION:  Obtaining
  • FOREWARNINGS:  Changing One's Nature

 

 

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