Survival Story

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-narrative/v1",
  "id": "survival-story",
  "name": "Survival Story",
  "summary": "Narrative arc of overcoming adversity through determination: catastrophe, backstory, plan, danger, effort, struggle, pivot, breakthrough, legacy, takeaway. For brand stories, founder histories, and leadership talks where the lesson lives in the comeback.",
  "audienceFit": [
    "general-audience",
    "internal-teams",
    "press"
  ],
  "durationRange": {
    "minMinutes": 10,
    "maxMinutes": 30
  },
  "tags": [
    "storytelling",
    "inspirational",
    "founder",
    "comeback"
  ],
  "beats": [
    {
      "id": "catastrophe",
      "name": "Catastrophe",
      "description": "Open in the middle of the disaster. Specific moment, specific stakes, specific damage. Drop the audience into the worst point of the story before walking them back.",
      "instructions": "Present initial disaster",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "backstory",
      "name": "Backstory",
      "description": "Detail the events that led up to the catastrophe. Just enough for the audience to understand how the disaster could have happened. Avoid moralizing — the story does the work.",
      "instructions": "Detail past events",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "blueprint",
      "name": "Blueprint",
      "description": "Illustrate the recovery plan. Specific moves, specific bets, specific people. The audience should see the strategy as more than 'try hard.'",
      "instructions": "Illustrate recovery plans",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "danger",
      "name": "Danger",
      "description": "Highlight the emerging threats to the recovery plan. New risks, returning ones. Tension here makes the eventual triumph credible.",
      "instructions": "Highlight emerging threats",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "endeavor",
      "name": "Endeavor",
      "description": "Show the determined effort underway. The hours, the trade-offs, the discipline. The audience must feel the work, not just hear about it.",
      "instructions": "Show determination effort",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "struggles",
      "name": "Struggles",
      "description": "Showcase challenging moments along the way: the setbacks, the false starts, the hard calls. Honest setbacks make eventual success feel earned.",
      "instructions": "Showcase challenging encounters",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "pivot",
      "name": "Pivot",
      "description": "Highlight the strategic shift that changed the trajectory. What got reconsidered, what got dropped, what got doubled down on. The pivot is the moment the protagonist became something new.",
      "instructions": "Highlight strategy shift",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "breakthrough",
      "name": "Breakthrough",
      "description": "Emphasize the moment adversity finally broke. Concrete result, concrete date. Let the slide land — the audience came for this turn.",
      "instructions": "Emphasize overcoming adversity",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "legacy",
      "name": "Legacy",
      "description": "Discuss the enduring impact. What survival made possible afterward, who benefited, what was built on top. Survival stories are most powerful when they create more than they restore.",
      "instructions": "Discuss enduring impact",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "takeaway",
      "name": "Takeaway",
      "description": "Share the lesson the audience can carry away. One transferable insight, framed for their own challenges — not a general moral.",
      "layoutHint": "title-left",
      "instructions": "Share important lessons",
      "slideType": "text"
    }
  ]
}