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Synopsis:  "The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core." (Source IMDB.com)

Story Dynamics

8 of the 12 essential questions

Main Character Resolve: Steadfast
Main Character Growth: Start
Main Character Approach: Be-er
Main Character Mental Sex: Male
Story Driver: Decision
Story Limit: Optionlock
Story Outcome: Success
Story Judgment: Good

Overall Story Throughline

Investigating Pedophile Priests

Overall Story Throughline: Physics
Overall Story Concern: Learning
Overall Story Issue: Prerequisites vs. Preconditions
Overall Story Problem: Potentiality
Overall Story Solution: Certainty
Overall Story Symptom: Probability
Overall Story Response: Possibility
Overall Story Catalyst: Strategy
Overall Story Inhibitor: Work
Overall Story Benchmark: Doing
Overall Story Signpost 1: Understanding
Overall Story Signpost 2: Doing
Overall Story Signpost 3: Obtaining
Overall Story Signpost 4: Learning

Main Character Throughline

Robbie

Main Character Throughline: Mind
Main Character Concern: Conscious
Main Character Issue: Appraisal vs. Reappraisal
Main Character Problem: Protection
Main Character Solution: Inaction
Main Character Symptom: Probability
Main Character Response: Possibility
Main Character Unique Ability: Appraisal
Main Character Critical Flaw: Permission
Main Character Benchmark: Preconscious
Main Character Signpost 1: Conscious
Main Character Signpost 2: Subconscious
Main Character Signpost 3: Memory
Main Character Signpost 4: Preconscious

Influence Character Throughline

Jim Sullivan

Influence Character Throughline: Universe
Influence Character Concern: Present
Influence Character Issue: Attraction vs. Repulsion
Influence Character Problem: Potentiality
Influence Character Solution: Certainty
Influence Character Symptom: Deduction
Influence Character Response: Induction
Influence Character Unique Ability: Attraction
Influence Character Critical Flaw: Prerequisites
Influence Character Benchmark: Progress
Influence Character Signpost 1: Past
Influence Character Signpost 2: Future
Influence Character Signpost 3: Progress
Influence Character Signpost 4: Present

Relationship Story Throughline

Longtime Friends

Relationship Story Throughline: Psychology
Relationship Story Concern: Conceiving
Relationship Story Issue: Permission vs. Deficiency
Relationship Story Problem: Reevaluation
Relationship Story Solution: Evaluation
Relationship Story Symptom: Probability
Relationship Story Response: Possibility
Relationship Story Catalyst: Need
Relationship Story Inhibitor: Investigation
Relationship Story Benchmark: Being
Relationship Story Signpost 1: Conceptualizing
Relationship Story Signpost 2: Being
Relationship Story Signpost 3: Becoming
Relationship Story Signpost 4: Conceiving

Addditional Story Points

Key Structural Appreciations

Overall Story Goal: Learning
Overall Story Consequence: Conceiving
Overall Story Cost: Present
Overall Story Dividend: Conscious
Overall Story Requirements: Doing
Overall Story Prerequisites: Being
Overall Story Preconditions: Progress
Overall Story Forewarnings: Preconscious

Plot Progression Visualizations

Dynamic Act Schematics

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