13.7 Carlissa and Italo

This story was imagined in its incomplete movie form. If written as a short story, it would take the form of the Snapshots structure. Key events in this story are when Carlissa, a thirty-year-old woman, looks lustfully at Italo, a young man with a brawny figure who she is determined to marry. A possible problem in writing this story would be its scenes. The story's scenes would have to be more relatable to common viewers, without having to remove heated bits. For that to happen, the characters of Carlissa and Italo would have to be given more importance to.

13.6 Darren and Paolum

I would rather tell this story in the Snapshots structure if the focus were to be on important events. These events will highlight the character of Darren who, because of his lack of motivation to study and of his twin brother Paolum's successes, becomes jealous and thinks of messing up with Paolum's life and work. The moment everything comes together is when Paolum catches Darren ruining his project. The story ends here, but the readers are left to decide what happens next.

13.5 Stauren and Kimberly

If to be written in the Snapshots structure, the distinction between the characters of Stauren and Kimberly would have to be made clear. As all key events lead to the final scene, these events should be meaningful enough to tell the story in an interesting manner. The violin scene is a big scene that leads to the coffee shop scene, another big scene. The other little scenes in between those two big scenes will add to the depth of the story.

13.4 Laureen and Sid

An "A Day in the Life" story. Laureen and Sid run together every afternoon, but this particular run was entirely different from the rest. One curious afternoon, while both of them were running, an unknown gift-giver threw presents at them three times. All three presents were meant for Laureen, who already had Sid as her guy. However, as it turns out, the third present was an invitation to a social dance. The gift-giver would presumably be a guy, but readers would not know this until they reach the part when Laureen and Sid see a peculiar man in dark shades run past them. There is no telling that the strange man is the gift-giver, but the story only gives that clue to leave readers guessing.

13.3 Mostreth and Bridget

Conceived in its movie form, this story about two geniuses in love could be best told in the story form of the Last Lap. The scene when Bridget's physics experiment won an award through Mostreth's help is closest to the climactic scene--the actual awarding ceremony--as it serves as a placeholder for that scene. The actual awarding ceremony was to take place two weeks after the initial announcement of the award. The two-week gap allows them enough time to develop romantic feelings for each other. Bridget, who is nine years old, tells Mostreth that she is nineteen in order that they could be of the same age and that he could accept her. When she tells him this, he would already have liked her first. Mostreth believed so because it goes without saying that Bridget appeared much older for her age. Mostreth finds out about her real age during the awarding ceremony when the host announces it on stage. Thus, the awarding ceremony becomes both an exciting and a paralyzing event for Bridget.

This story carries themes of maturity, coming-of-age love, a romance between two geniuses, and friendship.

13.2 Keelom, Harp, and Exxot

Writing the story outline, what I had in mind was the character of a wealthy, charming new husband whose joy is in making his new wife happy. Harp, a young, intelligent Greek woman had always dreamed of visiting the Louvre in France. Because she often worried about costs, that dream was not fulfilled until she and Keelom went to France for their honeymoon. The son of a wealthy Singapore-based mining corporation owner, Keelom had no worries about spending that much money for the two of them. As they roamed the museum, they were spotted by Harp's ex-boyfriend, Exxot, who is an art critic. Jealous upon seeing that Harp was already married, Exxot followed them around without their knowledge, and when circumstance had made it possible for him to play his trick on the newlyweds, he did what he could do by trapping her inside the restroom. After an hour of waiting, Keelom grew worried, but because of his inability to speak French, looking for Harp would be a hard thing to do.

This story would be difficult to tell from either of the newlyweds' or Exxot's point of view. A third person omniscient narrator could be more efficient, but even then, to have no key event would render the story without meaning. The Specimen form would be most fitting to this type of story because that would help narrow the story down to only one significant character and one key event. The story could then focus on important details of that character's life alongside the key event.

13.1 Barrie, Katlen, and Fabian

Writing this story outline, I imagined it in movie form. The first scene would open with Barrie and Katlen complaining about the earliness of the scheduled book launch they were expected to attend. Later on, they would learn that there was no book launch at all. The mysteries of the building-like house would be unknown to them or the readers, but the readers would be drawing their own clues as they follow the two women around the house.

The story would continue with suspenseful scenes that lead to the near-end scene about the housemaster, Fabian, locking the two spying women inside a hidden room inside a room. This big scene is where everything comes together, as it reveals most of the mysteries of previous scenes. For example, a previous scene would concentrate on the peculiarity of the salon-like room Fabian leads the two women to, when at the start all they knew was that they going to attend a book launch at 5:30 in the morning. A book launch at 5:30 in the morning is odd enough, but I intended to add more peculiarities as the story progresses to add to the suspense in the last scene. The last scene would center on bioterrorism. Evidence would be enough for a reader to draw the idea that a mass murder was about to take place. The question of whether the two locked women would escape or remain inside (to be killed afterwards) will not be answered in the story, but that in itself could be a problem.

The Specimen form might be appropriate for this story, but using this I might have to focus on the character of Fabian instead of the two women. Telling the story from Fabian's point of view would greatly alter the plot of the story. Hence, the Gathering form might be a better structure to use. Telling the story might be more effective by putting all important characters together and by telling the story from the point of view of either of the two women (preferably Barrie).