Storyform for "Desk Set"

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: Success
  • JUDGMENT: Good

IMPACT CHARACTER (Richard Sumner)

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

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Battle of wits and romance)

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

OVERALL STORY (Integrating technology with people in a research department)

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

MAIN CHARACTER (Bunny Watson)

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

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

 

 

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