Storyform for "Everything is Illuminated"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

OVERALL STORY (Discovering One's Roots)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Past
• ISSUE: Fate vs. Destiny
• PROBLEM: Knowledge
• SOLUTION: Thought
• SYMPTOM: Chaos
• RESPONSE: Order
• CATALYST: Prediction
• INHIBITOR: Suspicion
• BENCHMARK: The Present
• SIGNPOST 1: The Future
• SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 3: The Present
• SIGNPOST 4: The Past

MAIN CHARACTER (Alex/Grandpa)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Developing a Plan
• ISSUE: State of Being vs. Sense of Self
• PROBLEM: Knowledge
• SOLUTION: Thought
• SYMPTOM: Change
• RESPONSE: Inertia
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Situation
• CRITICAL FLAW: Interpretation
• BENCHMARK: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 1: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 2: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 3: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 4: Developing a Plan

IMPACT CHARACTER (Jonathan)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Understanding
• ISSUE: Instinct vs. Conditioning
• PROBLEM: Equity
• SOLUTION: Inequity
• SYMPTOM: Chaos
• RESPONSE: Order
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Senses
• CRITICAL FLAW: Circumstances
• BENCHMARK: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Doing
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Recovering Jewishness)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Memories
• ISSUE: Truth vs. Falsehood
• PROBLEM: Inertia
• SOLUTION: Change
• SYMPTOM: Chaos
• RESPONSE: Order
• CATALYST: Evidence
• INHIBITOR: Interdiction
• BENCHMARK: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 4: Innermost Desires

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Be-er: Alex/Grandpa prefers to work things out internally

Change: an alteration of a state or process

Change: Alex/Grandpa changes his essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Chaos: random change or a lack of order

Circumstances: an emotional assessment of one's environment

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Conditioning: responses based on experience or training

Contemplation: present considerations

Destiny: the future path an individual must take

Developing a Plan: visualizing how an existing idea might be implemented

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Equity: a balance, fairness, or stability

Evidence: information supporting a belief

Falsehood: that which has been shown to be erroneous

Fate: a future situation that will befall an individual

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Alex/Grandpa ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Inequity: an unbalance, unfairness, or lack or equality

Inertia: a continuation of a state or process

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Instinct: intrinsic unconditioned responses

Interdiction: an effort to change a predetermined course

Interpretation: determination of possible meaning

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

Logical: Alex/Grandpa uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

Optionlock: the story climax occurs because all options have been exhausted

Order: a patterned arrangement

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Prediction: a predetermination of a future state of affairs

Sense of Self: one's perception of oneself

Senses: sensory observations

Situation: a situation or environment

Situation: a logistic assessment of one's environment

Start: regarding Alex/Grandpa, the audience is waiting for something to begin

State of Being: one's true nature

Steadfast: Alex/Grandpa ultimately retains his essential nature

Success: the original goal is achieved

Suspicion: questioning or forming a belief based on new evidence

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Thought: the process of consideration

Truth: that which is actually correct

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something