Writing
A Great Script Fast In A Nutshell
Step
20: Final Story Idea Idea..
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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:
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!
Get
the 22 hour "Writing a Great Script
Fast" Workshop to make your story idea even better!
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digital films and animations fast!
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2008-2012 Sherri Sheridan All Rights Reserved
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