STRUCTURE

2. STRUCTURE VISUALIZING STRUCTURE BLUEPRINTS THE NARRATIVE ARC EXPOSITION RISING ACTION CRISIS CLIMAX FALLING ACTION/DENOUEMENT

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Of story, narrative.

Beginning -> Middle -> End

Protagonist + Complication -> Climax/Resolution

* [ ] 1 Exposition * [ ] 2 Rising Action * [ ] 3 Crisis * [ ] 4 Climax (Resolution) * [ ] 5 Falling Action (Denouement)

When - Setting (time, duration, sequence) Where - Setting (Scenes) Why - Moral (POV) (audience & author) Who - Characters esp. Protagonist and Author (POV) How - Plot (sequence of action, BME) What - Action

Protagonist(s) (current state) with perceived need/desire/drama (future state) take action (plot) toward resolution of the need/desire, with change (learning) in world and protagonist

We/I (protagonist) **"need one of those"**. (complication) We/I **don't have one because of ...** (exposition, CLD) We/I think We/I **can get one by doing ...** (CLD, leverage points, strategy) "If it's not one thing, it's another." We/I (try) **do this and that ...** (rising action, plot points, scenic outline) Until **finally ...** (climax/resolution) We/I succeed/fail, And as a **result...** (protagonist(s) and audience learn and change) "f... them if they can't take a joke"

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I should be able to derive every part of a story from this CLD.

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See Storyboard