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    The three sentence summary is: The story follows a man over 20 years as he tries to keep a flower alive in his home as the environment changes, with new buildings constantly being constructed around his house and forcing him to adapt his methods to keep the plant alive as it receives less sunlight; each new layer of construction brings new challenges until it seems the plant may die, but it ultimately survives and spreads seeds that take root across the growing buildings.

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    The three sentence summary is: The story follows a man over 20 years as he tries to keep a flower alive in his home as the environment changes, with new buildings constantly being constructed around his house and forcing him to adapt his methods to keep the plant alive as it receives less sunlight; each new layer of construction brings new challenges until it seems the plant may die, but it ultimately survives and spreads seeds that take root across the growing buildings.

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    The Plant - 1st Draft

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    The three sentence summary is: The story follows a man over 20 years as he tries to keep a flower alive in his home as the environment changes, with new buildings constantly being constructed around his house and forcing him to adapt his methods to keep the plant alive as it receives less sunlight; each new layer of construction brings new challenges until it seems the plant may die, but it ultimately survives and spreads seeds that take root across the growing buildings.

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    WORKING TITLE: THE PLANT 1ST DRAFT

    SYNOPSIS The story follows a man and his house through twenty years of futuristic change. He plants a flower in 2030 and tries to keep it alive but overcrowding and pollution cause him to constantly re-evaluate his methods.

    STORY STRUCTURE: ACT 1 - SETUP A man aged 50/60 stands at the window of his period home. He plants a seedling. OR A man stands in the garden plot of his period home. He plants a seedling. -INCITING INCIDENT As the seedling grows up an new layer of buildings push through the ground forcing our characters house, garden and shed up onto a higher level. The seedling is now getting no light, and the man uses #method 1 to solve the problem. ACT 2 - INCREASING CONFLICT The story continues to unfold as above, with each new layer of houses bringing a new method to ensure the plant sees the sunlight. -SEEMING DEFEAT The plant 1) wilts OR 2) falls off the sill OR 3)some incident befalls it ACT 3 CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION The plant seeds fall down landing in gutters, nooks and crannies, and proceed to grow all over the buildings.

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