Short Fiction Planner
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Short Fiction Planner
1. What is the point or idea you want to leave your audience with? ________________
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2. What type of conflict is best? (man v. man, self, or greater force) (circle one)
3. Describe in detail the main character _________________________________________
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4. Where and when does the story take place? ____________________________________
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5. What background does the reader need to know (if any)?
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6. Do you plan to provide the background at the beginning or as a flashback during the
story? __________________________________________________________________
7. How do we meet the main character? _________________________________________
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8. Who (or what) is the antagonist? If the antagonist is a force, how will you depict that?
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9. What is the inciting incident (that creates the protagonist’s problem?) ________________
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10. What is the rising action? Create at least 4 events that complicate the problem ________
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11. What is the climax? _______________________________________________________
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12. What does the protagonist decide at this moment? _______________________________
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13. What is the falling action? Create at least 2 events _______________________________
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14. What is the moment of last suspense? _________________________________________
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15. What (if given) is the denouement? ___________________________________________
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