The Story Structure of I, Tonya

Weekly updates to Subtxt's catalog of storyforms resumes with this look at personal and professional abuse.

Resumed uploading storyforms into Subtxt this morning. Today's feature is I, Tonya--the happy family fun drama that ties abusive relationships to being the best of the best!

I remember being blown away by this film and how expertly they wove a complete narrative structure into real life events. Jeff's paradigm shift at the end particularly impressed me. His shift from being motivated by an Obstacle Character Problem of Effect](https://subtxt.app/storypoint/influence-character-problem/effect "Obstacle Character Problem of Effect - Narrative First - Subtxt") to resolving his drive with an [*Obstacle Character Solution of* Cause ("It was all my fault") fit seamlessly into the story's central narrative argument: Keep tolerating personal and professional abuse, and everyone will suffer the tragic consequences of scraping by to survive.

I, Tonya in Subtxt

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