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The plot is the framework of the story. It's the bones. It's the rungs on the ladder.
Some stories flow without too much planning and organically unfold with a beginning, middle and ending. Other stories, usually the more complex ones, require more pre-pre planning*.
This Part to examine plot will begin with the simple concepts and move to more complex. Each explanation is followed by a You Tube to illustrate.
1. The Basic Structure
2. "15 Beats" via Saved The Cat (Synder) is PART 5.
3. 22 Steps via Anatomy of Story (Truby) PART 6
4. A Hero's Journey (Vogler/Cambell) PART 7
If your story takes only one page to tell—or needs seven thick books—it will always have a beginning, conflicts to challenge the character, a climax and an ending. Generally speaking, you'll need to know the end of your story before you can write the beginning.
This is a short and informative You Tube illustrating the basic plot outline followed by a basic plot template followed by a brief breakdown.
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1. The Basic Structure
The Opening: Establish setting (when and where the story takes place); the characters (who's in your story; and the problem (what is story going to be about).
If your story has a theme or message, it's best to fit it in toward the beginning as well.
The Opening "ends" when something or someone has come into your character's "world" and changed it forever*.
The Conflicts: These are the problems the character must overcome. Conflicts should build in intensity. This strength allows your character to face the final challenge, the climax.
The Climax: This is the "live or die" moment. It doesn't face to be actual life or death—but it must be a point that the character cannot turn away from. Something has to give. And after the character has faced the climax, life will be different.
The Ending: Sometimes the ending is called the Resolution because everything has been "resolved." The character has changed in some way after facing his/her conflicts and survived the climax. The world the character returns is the same, but the character views it differently
