Storyform for "Flightplan"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

• MC RESOLVE: Steadfast
• MC GROWTH: Start
• 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: Fate vs. Destiny
• PROBLEM: Thought
• SOLUTION: Knowledge
• SYMPTOM: Order
• RESPONSE: Chaos
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Interdiction
• CRITICAL FLAW: Conditioning
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Future
• SIGNPOST 2: The Past
• SIGNPOST 3: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 4: The Present

OVERALL STORY (The "Perfect" Extortion Plan)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Developing a Plan
• ISSUE: Situation vs. Circumstances
• PROBLEM: Perception
• SOLUTION: Actuality
• SYMPTOM: Order
• RESPONSE: Chaos
• CATALYST: Circumstances
• INHIBITOR: Falsehood
• 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

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Cat & Mouse)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Understanding
• ISSUE: Senses vs. Interpretation
• PROBLEM: Perception
• SOLUTION: Actuality
• SYMPTOM: Aware
• RESPONSE: Self Aware
• CATALYST: Interpretation
• INHIBITOR: Destiny
• 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: Truth vs. Falsehood
• PROBLEM: Perception
• SOLUTION: Actuality
• SYMPTOM: Knowledge
• RESPONSE: Thought
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Suspicion
• CRITICAL FLAW: Sense of Self
• BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

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

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

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

Interdiction: an effort to change a predetermined course

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

Self Aware: being conscious of one's own existence

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 Kyle Pratt, the audience is waiting for something to begin

Steadfast: Kyle Pratt ultimately retains her essential nature

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