• 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: Success
• JUDGMENT: Good

MAIN CHARACTER (Cmdr JJ Adams)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Future
• ISSUE: Openness vs. Preconception
• PROBLEM: Reconsider
• SOLUTION: Consider
• SYMPTOM: Disbelief
• RESPONSE: Faith
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Delay
• CRITICAL FLAW: Approach
• BENCHMARK: The Past
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 3: The Past
• SIGNPOST 4: The Future

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Man v. "Demigod")

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Changing One's Nature
• ISSUE: Responsibility vs. Commitment
• PROBLEM: Avoidance
• SOLUTION: Pursuit
• SYMPTOM: Disbelief
• RESPONSE: Faith
• CATALYST: Commitment
• INHIBITOR: Closure
• 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 (Rescue Misision)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Obtaining
• ISSUE: Morality vs. Self Interest
• PROBLEM: Temptation
• SOLUTION: Conscience
• SYMPTOM: Disbelief
• RESPONSE: Faith
• CATALYST: Self Interest
• INHIBITOR: Openness
• BENCHMARK: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 3: Doing
• SIGNPOST 4: Obtaining

IMPACT CHARACTER (Dr. Morbius)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Innermost Desires
• ISSUE: Closure vs. Denial
• PROBLEM: Temptation
• SOLUTION: Conscience
• SYMPTOM: Hinder
• RESPONSE: Help
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Hope
• CRITICAL FLAW: Rationalization
• BENCHMARK: Memories
• SIGNPOST 1: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 2: Memories
• SIGNPOST 3: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 4: Innermost Desires

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

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VOCABULARY:

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Approach: one's methodology of doing or being

Avoidance: stepping around, preventing or escaping from a problem

Change: Cmdr JJ Adams changes his essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Closure: bringing something to an end or to completion

Commitment: a decision to stick with something regardless of the consequences

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Conscience: forgoing an immediate pleasure or benefit because of future consequences

Consider: weigh pros and cons

Contemplation: present considerations

Delay: putting off until later

Denial: the refusal to admit to oneself or others that a previously held view is no longer true

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

Disbelief: the belief that something is untrue

Do-er: Cmdr JJ Adams looks for a physical solution to his problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Faith: accepting something as certain without proof

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Cmdr JJ Adams ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

Help: a direct assistance to another's effort

Hinder: undermining another's effort

Hope: a desired future that falls within reasonable expectations

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Logical: Cmdr JJ Adams uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Morality: doing or being based on what is best for others

Obtaining: achieving or possessing something

Openness: willingness to reevaluate

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

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Preconception: adhering to a previous held view; unwillingness to reevaluate

Pursuit: the drive to seek after

Rationalization: an alternative explanation used to mask the real reason

Reconsider: thinking through again

Responsibility: taking, accepting, or assuming control to the exclusion of others

Self Interest: doing or being based on what is best for oneself

Situation: a situation or environment

Steadfast: Cmdr JJ Adams ultimately retains his essential nature

Stop: regarding Cmdr JJ Adams, the audience is waiting for something to end

Success: the original goal is achieved

Temptation: the urge to embrace immediate benefits despite possible consequences

The Future: what will happen or what will be

The Past: what has already happened

The Present: the current situation and circumstances

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something