Storyform for "Days of Wine and Roses"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

MAIN CHARACTER (Joe Clay)

  • THROUGHLINE: Situation
  • CONCERN: The Present
  • ISSUE: Repulsion vs. Attraction
  • PROBLEM: Probability
  • SOLUTION: Possibility
  • SYMPTOM: Reduction
  • RESPONSE: Production
  • UNIQUE ABILITY: Attraction
  • CRITICAL FLAW: Reappraisal
  • BENCHMARK: The Past
  • SIGNPOST 1: How Things are Changing
  • SIGNPOST 2: The Future
  • SIGNPOST 3: The Past
  • SIGNPOST 4: The Present

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Drinking Buddies)

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

OVERALL STORY (Alcoholism in America)

  • THROUGHLINE: Activity
  • CONCERN: Gathering Information
  • ISSUE: Prerequisites vs. Preconditions
  • PROBLEM: Probability
  • SOLUTION: Possibility
  • SYMPTOM: Certainty
  • RESPONSE: Potentiality
  • CATALYST: Strategy
  • INHIBITOR: Expediency
  • BENCHMARK: Understanding
  • SIGNPOST 1: Obtaining
  • SIGNPOST 2: Understanding
  • SIGNPOST 3: Gathering Information
  • SIGNPOST 4: Doing

IMPACT CHARACTER (Kirsten)

  • THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
  • CONCERN: Contemplation
  • ISSUE: Reappraisal vs. Appraisal
  • PROBLEM: Proaction
  • SOLUTION: Reaction
  • SYMPTOM: Certainty
  • RESPONSE: Potentiality
  • UNIQUE ABILITY: Appraisal
  • CRITICAL FLAW: Repulsion
  • BENCHMARK: Memories
  • SIGNPOST 1: Impulsive Responses
  • SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
  • SIGNPOST 3: Contemplation
  • SIGNPOST 4: Memories

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

  • GOAL: Gathering Information
  • CONSEQUENCE: Conceiving an Idea
  • COST: Contemplation
  • DIVIDEND: The Present
  • REQUIREMENT: Understanding
  • PREREQUISITE: Developing a Plan
  • PRECONDITION: Memories
  • FOREWARNINGS: The Past

 

 

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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