Storyform for "The Sting"

CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

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

PLOT DYNAMICS:

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

IMPACT CHARACTER (Henry Gondorff)

• THROUGHLINE: Situation
• CONCERN: How Things are Changing
• ISSUE: Fantasy vs. Fact
• PROBLEM: Ending
• SOLUTION: Unending
• SYMPTOM: Trust
• RESPONSE: Test
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Fantasy
• CRITICAL FLAW: Value
• BENCHMARK: The Future
• SIGNPOST 1: The Present
• SIGNPOST 2: The Past
• SIGNPOST 3: The Future
• SIGNPOST 4: How Things are Changing

OVERALL STORY (The Sting)

• THROUGHLINE: Manipulation
• CONCERN: Playing a Role
• ISSUE: Desire vs. Ability
• PROBLEM: Expectation
• SOLUTION: Determination
• SYMPTOM: Trust
• RESPONSE: Test
• CATALYST: Thought
• INHIBITOR: Wisdom
• BENCHMARK: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 1: Changing One's Nature
• SIGNPOST 2: Developing a Plan
• SIGNPOST 3: Playing a Role
• SIGNPOST 4: Conceiving an Idea

MAIN VS. IMPACT STORY (Old Pro teaching Greenhorn)

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

MAIN CHARACTER (Johnny Hooker)

• THROUGHLINE: Fixed Attitude
• CONCERN: Impulsive Responses
• ISSUE: Worth vs. Value
• PROBLEM: Expectation
• SOLUTION: Determination
• SYMPTOM: Ending
• RESPONSE: Unending
• UNIQUE ABILITY: Worth
• CRITICAL FLAW: Fact
• BENCHMARK: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 1: Innermost Desires
• SIGNPOST 2: Contemplation
• SIGNPOST 3: Memories
• SIGNPOST 4: Impulsive Responses

ADDITIONAL STORY POINTS

• GOAL: Playing a Role
• CONSEQUENCE: Doing
• COST: How Things are Changing
• DIVIDEND: Impulsive Responses
• 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

Activity: an activity or endeavor

Be-er: Johnny Hooker prefers to work things out internally

Cause: the specific circumstances that lead to an effect

Change: Johnny Hooker changes his essential nature while attempting to solve the problem

Changing One's Nature: transforming one's nature

Conceiving an Idea: coming up with an idea

Contemplation: present considerations

Decision: in the plot, decisions force actions

Desire: the motivation toward something better

Determination: a conclusion based on circumstantial evidence

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

Doing: engaging in a physical activity

Effect: the specific outcome forced by a cause

Ending: coming to a conclusion

Enlightenment: an understanding that transcends knowledge

Expectation: a conclusion as to the eventual effect of a particular cause

Experience: the gaining of familiarity

Fact: belief in something real

Fantasy: belief in something unreal

Fixed Attitude: a fixed attitude or outlook

Gathering Information: gathering information or experience

Good: Johnny Hooker ultimately succeeds in resolving his personal problems

How Things are Changing: the way things are going

Impulsive Responses: innate responses

Innermost Desires: basic drives and desires

Knowledge: that which one holds to be true

Logical: Johnny Hooker 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

Situation: a situation or environment

Skill: aptitude or innate ability

Steadfast: Johnny Hooker ultimately retains his essential nature

Stop: regarding Johnny Hooker, the audience is waiting for something to end

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

Trust: acceptance without proof

Understanding: appreciating the meaning of something

Unending: continuing without cessation

Value: the objective usefulness of something in general

Wisdom: understanding how to apply Knowledge

Worth: a rating of usefulness or desirability to oneself personally