Writing A Great Script Fast In A Nutshell Step 20 - Final Story .. . . ................... . ... . . .. .. . . . ... . Step 20: Final Story Idea
Congratulations you are almost done with completing your story idea!
Add all of the new ideas you just came up with from conflicts, twists, setups, symbols, suspense and humor to your basic plot points. Then rewrite the 1-3 sentence scene description for what happens at each plot point from Step 13.
1) Hook:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
2) Setup:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
3) Inciting incident:Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
4) Journey Into Unknown:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
5) Investigation:Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
6) Twist:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
7) Final Confrontation:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
8) Climax:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
9) Resolution:
Conflicts/Obstacles:
Scene/Plot Twist:
Setups/Payoffs:
Symbolic Objects:
Metaphorical Activities:
Suspense: Ticking Clocks:
Humor Ideas:
New 1-3 sentence description of what happens at this plot point using the new information from above:
Now take all your final sentences and put them together to form your new story idea:
Thank you for trying out this step-by-step storytelling process!
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