Storyform for "Flightplan"
Alternative Storyform

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

MAIN CHARACTER (Kyle Pratt)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Past
• ISSUE: Destiny vs. Fate
• PROBLEM: Speculation
• SOLUTION: Projection
• SYMPTOM: Self Aware
• RESPONSE: Aware
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Fate
• CRITICAL FLAW: Senses
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Past
• SIGNPOST 2: The Future
• SIGNPOST 3: The Present
• SIGNPOST 4: How Things are Changing

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Puppet/Puppeteer)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Developing a Plan
• ISSUE: Situation vs. Circumstances
• PROBLEM: Perception
• SOLUTION: Actuality
• SYMPTOM: Chaos
• RESPONSE: Order
• CATALYST: State of Being
• INHIBITOR: Evidence
• BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 1: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 2: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 3: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 4: Conceiving an Idea

OVERALL STORY (Find the missing Child)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Understanding
• ISSUE: Senses vs. Interpretation
• PROBLEM: Perception
• SOLUTION: Actuality
• SYMPTOM: Self Aware
• RESPONSE: Aware
• CATALYST: Instinct
• INHIBITOR: Prediction
• BENCHMARK: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Doing
• SIGNPOST 3: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 4: Gathering Information

IMPACT CHARACTER (Gene Carson)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Memories
• ISSUE: Falsehood vs. Truth
• PROBLEM: Perception
• SOLUTION: Actuality
• SYMPTOM: Thought
• RESPONSE: Knowledge
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Truth
• CRITICAL FLAW: Situation
• BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 3: Memories
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: Understanding
• CONSEQUENCE: Developing a Plan
• COST: Memories
• DIVIDEND: The Past
• REQUIREMENT: Obtaining
• PREREQUISITE: Changing One's Nature
• PRECONDITION: Innermost Desires
• FOREWARNINGS: The Future

VOCABULARY:

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Actuality: objective reality; the way things are

Aware: being conscious of things outside oneself

Change: Kyle Pratt changes her 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

Contemplation: present considerations

Destiny: the future path an individual must take

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

Do-er: Kyle Pratt looks for a physical solution to her problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Evidence: information supporting a belief

Failure: the original goal is not achieved

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: Kyle Pratt ultimately succeeds in resolving her personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Instinct: intrinsic unconditioned responses

Interpretation: determination of possible meaning

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

Logical: Kyle Pratt 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

Perception: the way things seem to be

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Prediction: a predetermination of a future state of affairs

Projection: an extension of probability into the future

Self Aware: being conscious of one's own existence

Senses: sensory observations

Situation: a situation or environment

Situation: a logistic assessment of one's environment

Speculation: an extension of possibilities into the future

State of Being: one's true nature

Steadfast: Kyle Pratt ultimately retains her essential nature

Stop: regarding Kyle Pratt, the audience is waiting for something to end

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