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Heroine: Virginia |
Hero: Rock |
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GOALS: |
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To achieve financial and emotional security. |
To get a promotion to partner at the architectural firm where she's employed. |
To be a success in the eyes of his family. |
To get a promotion to partner at the family architectural firm. |
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MOTIVATION: |
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As a child of a hippie, she never had security. She doesn't know who her father is, leading her to trust issues (take care of yourself because men cannot be trusted). |
She's worked hard and deserves it. She needs the money a promotion will bring because her mother just borrowed the last of her savings. |
His bossy mother always told him he'd never amount to anything. His measure of success is partner in the family business. |
His family thinks he's a screw-off. He's embarrassed because he works for family company yet hasn't made partner. |
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CONFLICT: |
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She needs to achieve EMOTIONAL security as well as physical and that means allowing a man to get close to her when she has trust issue. |
The grandson of the company founder is in competition for the same position and deserves it because of raw talent. |
Although he's attracted to heroine, she's bossy like his mother and stands in his way to the partnership. |
The heroine is competition for the same position and deserves it because of her hard work. |
Logline/theme statement: The laid-back hero and anal retentive heroine are forced to share a hotel suite and collaborate in order to win the promotion for which they are in competition. Will their rivalry turn to dislike or to something more lasting—and sensual?