Storyform for "Laura"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

IMPACT CHARACTER (Laura)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: The Past
• ISSUE: Destiny vs. Fate
• PROBLEM: Desire
• SOLUTION: Ability
• SYMPTOM: Inequity
• RESPONSE: Equity
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Interdiction
• CRITICAL FLAW: Conditioning
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: The Past
• SIGNPOST 3: How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 4: The Future

OVERALL STORY (Who Killed "Laura")

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Developing a Plan
• ISSUE: Sense of Self vs. State of Being
• PROBLEM: Desire
• SOLUTION: Ability
• SYMPTOM: Speculation
• RESPONSE: Projection
• CATALYST: Circumstances
• INHIBITOR: Falsehood
• BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 1: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 2: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 3: Conceiving an Idea
• SIGNPOST 4: Developing a Plan

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Romance)

• THROUGHLINE: Activity
• CONCERN: Understanding
• ISSUE: Conditioning vs. Instinct
• PROBLEM: Change
• SOLUTION: Inertia
• SYMPTOM: Speculation
• RESPONSE: Projection
• CATALYST: Interpretation
• INHIBITOR: Destiny
• BENCHMARK: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 1: Doing
• SIGNPOST 2: Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 3: Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 4: Understanding

MAIN CHARACTER (Mark McPherson)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Memories
• ISSUE: Falsehood vs. Truth
• PROBLEM: Inequity
• SOLUTION: Equity
• SYMPTOM: Speculation
• RESPONSE: Projection
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Suspicion
• CRITICAL FLAW: Sense of Self
• BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1: Memories
• SIGNPOST 2: Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 4: Innermost Desires

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

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

VOCABULARY:

Ability: being suited to handle a task; the innate capacity to do or be

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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Be-er: the Main Character prefers to work things out internally

Change: an alteration of a state or process

Change: the Main Character changes her essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

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

Desire: the motivation toward something better

Destiny: the future path an individual must take

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Equity: a balance, fairness, or stability

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: the Main Character ultimately succeeds in resolving her personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Inequity: an unbalance, unfairness, or lack or equality

Inertia: a continuation of a state or process

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Instinct: intrinsic unconditioned responses

Interdiction: an effort to change a predetermined course

Interpretation: determination of possible meaning

Logical: the Main Character 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

Playing a Role: temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Projection: an extension of probability into the future

Sense of Self: one's perception of oneself

Situation: a situation or environment

Speculation: an extension of possibilities into the future

State of Being: one's true nature

Steadfast: the Main Character ultimately retains her essential nature

Stop: regarding the Main Character, the audience is waiting for something to end

Success: the original goal is achieved

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

Truth: that which is actually correct

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something