Review Truby Chapter 3 The Seven Key Steps of Structure

Follow Truby’s writing Exercise 2 in chapter 3 :  HOW TO USE THE SEVEN STEPS and then respond to the following prompts below based on Truby’s instructions.

Copy this list into a post of your own and fill in each of the required steps fro structuring your story

Premise

First write a premise for your story. You can use the Premise from Journal 2, or create a new one.

Events

First write down some story events, describing each in a single sentence.  Usually, when you get an idea for a story, certain events immediately pop into your mind. “This could happen, and this could happen, and this could happen.” Story events are usually actions taken by your hero or opponent.  Write down each event in one sentence. Make sure some events throw your main character into a crisis and force her to confront/resolve it.

Write down a minimum of five story events, but ten to fifteen would be even better. The more events you list, the easier it is to see the story and find the seven steps.

Put the story events in some rough order, from beginning to end.

Seven Steps

For the seven steps below,  describe how you will address each of the following in your story. Do not take the easy cliché route, but investigate what is unusual or original on your story, and try to flesh it out. Look for the subtleties, mystery, or surprises.  Link each of your story events to one of the steps, and explain how it represents each of the key steps of the story structure.

1. Weakness and need

Weakness-

Need-

2. Desire

3. Opponent

4. Plan

5. Battle

6. Self-revelation

7. New equilibrium