While You Were Sleeping

Storyform

Film synopsis: "A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient." (Synopsis source: IMDB.com)

Story Dynamics

8 of the 12 essential questions

Main Character Resolve: Change
Main Character Growth: Start
Main Character Approach: Do-er
Main Character Mental Sex: Female
Story Driver: Action
Story Limit: Optionlock
Story Outcome: Success
Story Judgment: Good

Overall Story Throughline

A woman mistakenly identified as a comatose man's fiancée becomes enamored with his family

Overall Story Throughline: Psychology
Overall Story Concern: Conceiving
Overall Story Issue: Need vs. Expediency
Overall Story Problem: Induction
Overall Story Solution: Deduction
Overall Story Symptom: Proaction
Overall Story Response: Reaction
Overall Story Catalyst: Deficiency
Overall Story Inhibitor: Prerequisites
Overall Story Benchmark: Conceptualizing
Overall Story Signpost 1: Conceiving
Overall Story Signpost 2: Being
Overall Story Signpost 3: Becoming
Overall Story Signpost 4: Conceptualizing

Main Character Throughline

Lucy

Main Character Throughline: Universe
Main Character Concern: Present
Main Character Issue: Work vs. Attempt
Main Character Problem: Induction
Main Character Solution: Deduction
Main Character Symptom: Certainty
Main Character Response: Potentiality
Main Character Unique Ability: Attempt
Main Character Critical Flaw: Investigation
Main Character Benchmark: Past
Main Character Signpost 1: Progress
Main Character Signpost 2: Future
Main Character Signpost 3: Present
Main Character Signpost 4: Past

Influence Character Throughline

Jack

Influence Character Throughline: Mind
Influence Character Concern: Conscious
Influence Character Issue: Investigation vs. Doubt
Influence Character Problem: Potentiality
Influence Character Solution: Certainty
Influence Character Symptom: Proaction
Influence Character Response: Reaction
Influence Character Unique Ability: Doubt
Influence Character Critical Flaw: Work
Influence Character Benchmark: Memory
Influence Character Signpost 1: Memory
Influence Character Signpost 2: Preconscious
Influence Character Signpost 3: Subconscious
Influence Character Signpost 4: Conscious

Relationship Story Throughline

Developing Romance

Relationship Story Throughline: Physics
Relationship Story Concern: Learning
Relationship Story Issue: Strategy vs. Analysis
Relationship Story Problem: Protection
Relationship Story Solution: Inaction
Relationship Story Symptom: Proaction
Relationship Story Response: Reaction
Relationship Story Catalyst: Preconditions
Relationship Story Inhibitor: Permission
Relationship Story Benchmark: Understanding
Relationship Story Signpost 1: Understanding
Relationship Story Signpost 2: Doing
Relationship Story Signpost 3: Obtaining
Relationship Story Signpost 4: Learning

Addditional Story Points

Key Structural Appreciations

Overall Story Goal: Conceiving
Overall Story Consequence: Learning
Overall Story Cost: Conscious
Overall Story Dividend: Present
Overall Story Requirements: Conceptualizing
Overall Story Prerequisites: Understanding
Overall Story Preconditions: Memory
Overall Story Forewarnings: Past

Plot Progression Visualizations

Dynamic Act Schematics

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