Storyform for "Jeffrey"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

IMPACT CHARACTER (Steve)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Future
• ISSUE: Openness vs. Preconception
• PROBLEM: Hinder
• SOLUTION: Help
• SYMPTOM: Control
• RESPONSE: Uncontrolled
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Openness
• CRITICAL FLAW: Denial
• BENCHMARK: The Past
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 3: The Future
• SIGNPOST 4: The Past

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Boyfriends)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Changing One's Nature
• ISSUE: Commitment vs. Responsibility
• PROBLEM: Temptation
• SOLUTION: Conscience
• SYMPTOM: Control
• RESPONSE: Uncontrolled
• CATALYST: Rationalization
• INHIBITOR: Attitude
• 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 (Getting Jeffrey a sexual partner)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Obtaining
• ISSUE: Self Interest vs. Morality
• PROBLEM: Avoidance
• SOLUTION: Pursuit
• SYMPTOM: Control
• RESPONSE: Uncontrolled
• CATALYST: Approach
• INHIBITOR: Obligation
• BENCHMARK: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 1: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 2: Understanding
• SIGNPOST 3: Doing
• SIGNPOST 4: Obtaining

MAIN CHARACTER (Jeffrey)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Innermost Desires
• ISSUE: Closure vs. Denial
• PROBLEM: Avoidance
• SOLUTION: Pursuit
• SYMPTOM: Consider
• RESPONSE: Reconsider
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Closure
• CRITICAL FLAW: Preconception
• BENCHMARK: Memories
• SIGNPOST 1: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 2: Memories
• SIGNPOST 3: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4: Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

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

Be-er: Jeffrey prefers to work things out internally

Change: Jeffrey 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

Control: directed, constrained

Decision: in the plot, decisions force actions

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Jeffrey ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

Help: a direct assistance to another's effort

Hinder: undermining another's effort

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Logical: Jeffrey 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

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

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

Start: regarding Jeffrey, the audience is waiting for something to begin

Steadfast: Jeffrey ultimately retains his essential nature

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

Uncontrolled: directionless, unconstrained

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something