The WHAT

The WHAT

1. Start at the beginning

   • Establish a routine or 'platform'
     • Someone doing something in a safe, stable environment which does not involve conflict

2. Proceed to the middle

   • Break the routine
     • This has to be related to the routine

3. Expand upon the middle

   • A new routine is established once the old routine is broken
     • Keep breaking the routine and establishing new ones.

4. Bring back the beginning

   • Reincorporation - without this a story can be pointless and unsatisfying
     • A satisfying story needs reasons for things to happen

5. Build to a climax

   • Each new routine must be at a higher level of importance than the last
     • Keep raising the stakes

6. Bring it to an end

   • Once all the mysteries have been solved and the routines all linked the story is over
     • It helps to reincorporate the beginning