DSR PROG Pairs

Disruptions (DSR)

DSRs are inciting incidents or the “set up”. But I like “disruption” better, because it reminds you that there is a STASIS (STS) to disrupt first. PROTs aren’t doing nothing before they get disrupted. They have a life along with a backstory of why they’ve chosen this life. A DSR forces them to re-think this life.

• dsr: HURT: Deal with curse, poison, injury of self or ally
• dsr: LOST: Deal with abduction, imprisonment, captivity, abandonment, or missing of self or ally
• dsr: WRONGED: Deal with murder, betrayal, assault, theft, or saboatage of self or ally
• dsr: WHITE ELEPHANT: Get gift/job you don’t want, or an “obligatory trap”
• dsr: MONKEY’S PAW: Get gift/job you want, but unexpected consequences, side effects, hidden costs.
• dsr: MYSTERY BOX: Get gift/job is of unknown quantities, must figure out what it does
• dsr: GROW UP: Dealing with losing virginity, first love/house/job, coming out, pregnancy
• dsr: BREAK UP: Dealing with breakup, divorce, empty nest, fired, death, retirement, identity loss (e.g. midlife crisis).
• dsr: WARNING: Threat or rumor of villain, disaster, or bad news coming.
• dsr: GLIMPSE: Witness crime due to wrong place, wrong time.
• dsr: SECRET: Accidentally see affair, real identity, secret life, real age, scandal.
• dsr: DOUBT: Routine, ritual, or rite called into question, blind loyalty shaken
• dsr: TASTE: Routine activity gets an extra boost than usual, addicted, wants more.
• dsr: GLIMMER: Hear a rumor, an idea, or of an opportunity
• dsr: FISH>WATER: Prot goes to new alien environment.
• dsr: REUNION: Meet up with old friend, colleague, ex-lover, or estranged relation.
• dsr: RIVAL: Need to settle who’s best at X once and for all.
• dsr: ROOKIE: New guy needs to be brought into our inner circle (e.g. social, profession, underground).
• dsr: STRANGER: New person is acting weird, suss, assholey, or not conforming to our world
• dsr: CRIME: Case assigned to detective, investigator, or mystery discovered by armchair/Scoobies

Progress (PROG)

PROG is the middle of a story. It encompasses BWO (B-World), MID (Midpoint), LOW (Lowpoint), CMX (Climax). They are the beats of a story: actions, events, moves. There is a linear progression from point A to point B. Along the way are obstacles and conflict.