Storyform for "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"

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: Success
• JUDGMENT: Good

OVERALL STORY (Finding a Body for The Boxer)

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

IMPACT CHARACTER (Bette Logan)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Changing One's Nature
• ISSUE: Rationalization vs. Obligation
• PROBLEM: Disbelief
• SOLUTION: Faith
• SYMPTOM: Avoidance
• RESPONSE: Pursuit
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Commitment
• CRITICAL FLAW: 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

MAIN CHARACTER (Joe Pendleton)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Obtaining
• ISSUE: Approach vs. Attitude
• PROBLEM: Feeling
• SOLUTION: Logic
• SYMPTOM: Reconsider
• RESPONSE: Consider
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Self Interest
• CRITICAL FLAW: Openness
• BENCHMARK: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 1: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 2: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 3: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 4: Doing

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (The love story)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Innermost Desires
• ISSUE: Closure vs. Denial
• PROBLEM: Avoidance
• SOLUTION: Pursuit
• SYMPTOM: Reconsider
• RESPONSE: Consider
• CATALYST: Hope
• INHIBITOR: Rationalization
• BENCHMARK: Memories
• SIGNPOST 1: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 2: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 3: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 4: Memories

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Approach: one's methodology of doing or being

Attitude: demeanor or outlook

Avoidance: stepping around, preventing or escaping from a problem

Change: Joe Pendleton 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

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: Joe Pendleton looks for a physical solution to his problem

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Faith: accepting something as certain without proof

Feeling: an emotional sense of how things are going

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Joe Pendleton ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

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

Logic: a rational sense of how things are related

Logical: Joe Pendleton uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation: a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories: recollections

Obligation: accepting a task or situation in exchange for someone's earlier or potential favors

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

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

Situation: a situation or environment

Steadfast: Joe Pendleton ultimately retains his essential nature

Stop: regarding Joe Pendleton, the audience is waiting for something to end

Success: the original goal is achieved

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