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Publish
Your Own Story! -THE PLAN
1)
Write what your story is about in one to two
sentences.
2)
What will your “working title” be? (Be clever
and fun! This is subject to change.)
3)
Write a bumper-sticker slogan or a movie poster
slogan for your story. Example: Prince of
Tides:“The memories that haunt us; and the truth that sets us free.” Hobbit: “There and back again.”
4)
What is the genre? (fantasy, mystery, adventure,
comedy, romance, biography, suspense, science fiction, etc.)
5)
What is the point of view? (first person, second
person, third person objective, third person omniscient, third person limited
omniscient, multiple perspectives)
SETTING
6)
What is the setting(s) of your story? Be specific
with exactly where it takes place (building/forest/ocean/planet/city/state/country/planet/universe/etc.)
Location(s):
Season(s):
Time period (time
in history, future, or present-day):
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CHARACTERS
List each character and give a brief description of what
they look like and how they act. Note
which characters CHANGE, GROW, or DISCOVER SOMETHING throughout the story.
(These are called the “dynamic” characters.) Then note which characters remain
the same. (These are called “static” characters.)
List characters below:
Protagonist:
Physical
description:
Personality
description:
Basic life story:
Role in the story:
Antagonist:
Physical
description:
Personality
description:
Basic life story:
Role in the story:
Secondary Character 1:
Physical
description:
Personality
description:
Basic life story:
Role in the story:
Secondary Character 2:
Physical
description:
Personality
description:
Basic life story:
Role in the story:
PLOT / CONFLICT
1)
What is the central conflict or problem in your
story?
2)
Write the kind of conflict it is (character vs.
character, character vs. nature, character vs. society, character vs. itself)
and then specify what is verses what. (e.g. character vs. nature –
Johnny vs. the avalanche)
3)
Draw a storyline of your story. Include the
exposition (set-up including the setting description), at least three to five
events in the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the
resolution.
4)
Write a paragraph describing the rising action
in detail. “The conflict begins when…”
5)
Write a paragraph describing the climax in
detail. “The climax occurs when…”
6)
Write a paragraph describing the falling action
and the resolution in detail. “The
conflict gets resolved when…”
7)
What is the value of your story? Is there a
lesson or moral to your story? Does it teach or show the reader something? How
does it enrich the reader? What?
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