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# Writers' Crossing --- Using Story Beats
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%title Using Story Beats
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## Dramatis personae
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* Billy the skunk
* Corrin the Capybara
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## Outline
* Goal or agenda:
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* Billy doesn't have time for love, too busy being professional skunk - twinge of loneliness b/c no +1
* Corrin has body image struggles because she's shaped like a capybara
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* Meet cute:
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* Office party b/c they are coworkers
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* No Way #1:
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* Billy: Corrin is in a different department and doesn't have a great working rep
* Corrin: He's so handsome...*too* handsome, the suit may mean he's a jerk
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* Stuck together:
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* Broken elevator
* Corrin kind of freaking out b/c this is making her late to a meeting her job is riding on
* Billy offers story for why she was late, showing that he understands more of her troubles on the job
* Billy learns about Corrin's lack of self esteem
* Corrin learns why Billy's so motivated
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* No Way! #2:
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* Billy doesn't want to get distracted. Trying to help the company as a whole, and maybe that will help corrin, but he can't let that get in the way.
* Corrin tries to play it off, he was just being nice, but she still harbors doubts. Two options:
* Corrin hears from a friend that she should go for him, but resists that idea
* Corrin hears from a friend that he's really good at acting nice but is actually terrifying
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* Bone Town™:
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* A frank exchange of opinions and fears over skee-ball at Dave and Bustersn
* Swaps numbers, but pen explodes over tie
* Billy is self-conscious about what others will think of this relationship; embarrassed that this felt good
* Corrin is optimistic; scared but relieved
* There's some mixed signals re: expectations for each other and feelings for each other
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* Seed of doubt:
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* Billy
* Wallow #1: Texting/DMs with college buddy, bouncing off this idea that he's embarrassed (also gives other character chance to give billy some backstory)
* Retreat: Starting to feel for her, but it turns out she really isn't a great employee (but based around anxiety attacks), so it could reflect poorly on him as upper management if they were to go out
* Choose fear: work is too important to try and make relationship work, etc
* Wallow #2: light-hearted: getting drunk at the jazz bar; darker: pulling all-nighters at work b/c that way won't have to think about it
* Corrin
* Wallow #1: She got Billy's number, but balks before actually texting because she's still scared about the possibilities.
* Retreat: Finally tries to reveal soft spot for Billy, but texts the wrong number, retreats.
* Choose fear: he *gave* me the wrong number because suit = jerk; maybe she got fired and it looks like it came from him (if only in the heat of the moment)
* Wallow #2: catharsis of eating garbage food/screaming into karaoke
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* Choose love:
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* Billy: distraction is not happiness, work is just distraction
* Corrin: can't tackle self image without validation, and hey, Billy gave her that; finds out that it wasn't an intentionally wrong number
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* Plan and risk:
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* Corrin: fuck it, gonna go buy him a tie
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* Grand Gesture:
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* Corrin: replaces Billy's tie (maybe with something outrageous b/c quirky)
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* Ends with yes:
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* puts on tie, looks terrible on him, laughs, smooch
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* Payoff:
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* Asks to go on vacation w/ because he's a workaholic.
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* Hope:
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* She looks at herself in the mirror, frowning at the thought of beachwear, he hugs and comforts, they go for a walk on the beach.
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## Tools
* < a href = "/assets/romance-caduceus.pdf" > Romance Caduceus</ a >
* [Scrivener template ](http://gwenhayes.com/free-stuff/romancing_the_beat/ )
* [Romancing the Beat (free on Scribd with trial account) ](http://gwenhayes.com/books/romancing-the-beat/ )
