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:  Success
• JUDGMENT:  Good

MAIN CHARACTER (Mister Roberts)

• THROUGHLINE:  Situation
• CONCERN:  How Things are Changing
• ISSUE:  Security vs. Threat
• PROBLEM:  Result
• SOLUTION:  Process
• SYMPTOM:  Cause
• RESPONSE:  Effect
• UNIQUE ABILITY:  Threat
• CRITICAL FLAW:  Enlightenment
• BENCHMARK:  The Future
• SIGNPOST 1:  How Things are Changing
• SIGNPOST 2:  The Present
• SIGNPOST 3:  The Future
• SIGNPOST 4:  The Past

OVERALL STORY (Surviving on the "Bucket")

• THROUGHLINE:  Manipulation
• CONCERN:  Playing a Role
• ISSUE:  Ability vs. Desire
• PROBLEM:  Accurate
• SOLUTION:  Non-Accurate
• SYMPTOM:  Cause
• RESPONSE:  Effect
• CATALYST:  Desire
• INHIBITOR:  Worth
• 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 (Making an Officer)

• THROUGHLINE:  Activity
• CONCERN:  Doing
• ISSUE:  Skill vs. Experience
• PROBLEM:  Trust
• SOLUTION:  Test
• SYMPTOM:  Cause
• RESPONSE:  Effect
• CATALYST:  Experience
• INHIBITOR:  Fantasy
• BENCHMARK:  Obtaining
• SIGNPOST 1:  Understanding
• SIGNPOST 2:  Gathering Information
• SIGNPOST 3:  Doing
• SIGNPOST 4:  Obtaining

IMPACT CHARACTER (Ensign Pulver)

• THROUGHLINE:  Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN:  Impulsive Responses
• ISSUE:  Confidence vs. Worry
• PROBLEM:  Accurate
• SOLUTION:  Non-Accurate
• SYMPTOM:  Process
• RESPONSE:  Result
• UNIQUE ABILITY:  Worry
• CRITICAL FLAW:  Thought
• BENCHMARK:  Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1:  Memories
• SIGNPOST 2:  Impulsive Responses
• SIGNPOST 3:  Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 4:  Contemplation

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL:  Playing a Role
• CONSEQUENCE:  Doing
• COST:  Impulsive Responses
• DIVIDEND:  How Things are Changing
• REQUIREMENT:  Changing One's Nature
• PREREQUISITE:  Obtaining
• PRECONDITION:  Innermost Desires
• FOREWARNINGS:  The Future

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VOCABULARY:

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

Accurate:  being within tolerances

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

Activity:  an activity or endeavor

Cause:  the specific circumstances that lead to an effect

Change:  Mister Roberts changes her essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature:  transforming one's nature

Conceiving an Idea:  coming up with an idea

Confidence:  belief in the accuracy of expectations

Contemplation:  present considerations

Desire:  the motivation toward something better

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

Do-er:  Mister Roberts looks for a physical solution to her problem

Doing:  engaging in a physical activity

Effect:  the specific outcome forced by a cause

Enlightenment:  an understanding that transcends knowledge

Experience:  the gaining of familiarity

Fantasy:  belief in something unreal

Fixed Attitude:  a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information:  gathering information or experience

Good:  Mister Roberts 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

Logical:  Mister Roberts uses inherently logical (linear) problem solving techniques

Manipulation:  a manner of thinking or demeanor

Memories:  recollections

Non-Accurate:  not within tolerances

Obtaining:  achieving or possessing something

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

Playing a Role:  temporarily adopting a lifestyle

Process:  an ongoing activity; the mechanism through which a cause leads to an effect

Result:  the product of a process; the ramifications of a specific effect

Security:  an evaluation of one's defenses and protections

Situation:  a situation or environment

Skill:  aptitude or innate ability

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

Steadfast:  Mister Roberts ultimately retains her essential nature

Success:  the original goal is achieved

Test:  a trial to determine something's validity

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

Threat:  an evaluation of potential negative forces

Trust:  acceptance without proof

Understanding:  appreciating the meaning of something

Worry:  concern for the future

Worth:  a rating of usefulness or desirability to oneself personally