A minimal outline.
📎 Premise
Describe the entire novel in one sentence. Conflict & resolution.
📎 Fabula
Narration of the events sorted by their logical and chronological sequence.
📎 Setting
Description of the place, time, and social contect where the story is developed.
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📎 Main Characters
Personal Data: First Name, Surname, Nickname, Gender, Age, Birthplace, Residence, Education, Financial Situation, Health Status.
Physical Features: Eyes, hair, mouth, ears, hands, build, height, weight, race.
Behaviors, attitudes: How the character looks, talks, laughs, cries, walks, drinks, eats.
Psychology: Each and every aspect of the character's psychology.
ex; are they easy-going, charming, how do they feel most frequently? (happy or sad?), are they anxious?
Ideas & Passions: Religious ideas, political views, passions, hobbies, obsessions, vices.
Sociology: Family, loves, friendship.
Life before the story's beginning: Childhood, adolescence, school life, professional life, before the beginning of the story.
Conflict: What generates conflict? Internal jeeds or external circumstances? Which is the real issue at stake.
Evolution: How the character evolves during the story.
📎 Location: Name, State, City, Name of the location.
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