How to beat Writer’s Block? Triggers & Events

How do you Start a new Scene?
How do you Start a new Chapter?
Here’s How?

New Event

• Crisis
• Crisis are the most effective type of Events.
• They force a Reaction.
• What’s the Nature of the Crisis?
• Who’s responsible of it?
• Why did they cause it?
• Was it Voluntary?
• Is it part of a larger plan?
• How will it end?
• It it a natural Event?
• Is is a Catastrophe?
• What damages did the Crisis cause?
• Are certain zones inaccessible?
• How does the Crisis cause Advancement in the Story?
• What kind of Advancement?
• Draw a map of your world before the Crisis.
• Redraw it after each Crisis.

• Game
• Game are the most versatile type of Events.
• Anything can potentially be a game.
• What are the Main Rules?
• What are the Win conditions?
• Are there Multiple Win Conditions?
• Who are the Players?
• What’s the Reward?
• How Balanced is the Game?
• Are Players treated differently?
• How differently?
• What’s the basis of this Discrimination?
• How necessary is it?
• How does it affect winning conditions?
• How Unique is the Game?
• Can it be Replayed?

• Celebration
• Celebrations allow the Characters to Enjoy themselves.
• Celebrations can potentially lead to Crisis.
• What is Celebrated?
• Is it a peculiar day?
• What makes it peculiar?
• Which Organization is at the origin of this Event?
• Why do they promote this Event?
• What do they promote through this Event?
• What’s the Symbol of the Event?
• Where does it happen?
• Why choose this Location?
• What advantages does it offer?
• Who is involved?
• Who ensures the Entertainment?
• Who ensures the Restauration?
• Who ensures the Transportation?
• Who ensures the Security?

• Rest
• The Characters may need to Rest.
• Rest allow you control the pace more efficiently.
• Why  do the Characters need to Rest?
• What were they doing before?
• Why are they Exhausted?
• What Exhausted them?
• Are they Exhausted?
• Are they resting preemptively?
• Where do the Character Rest?
• Why did they choose this place?
• Does it suit them?
• Why?
• What allows them to rest more Comfortably hereby?
• What makes this place Attractive?
• What makes this place Safe?

New Environment

• Night & Day
• How is the Day Cycle in this World?
• How does it affect the inhabitants of this World?
• How does it change perception?
• Does it affect the perception of the Land?
• Does it affect the perception of the Relief?
• Does it affect the perception of the Animals?
• Does it affect the perception of the Vegetals?
• Do the Animal behaviour change at Night?
• Do they become hostile?
• Do they become docile?
• Does the night calm them?
• Does the night soothe them?
• Does the night agitate them?
• Do the Vegetals behaviour change at Night?
• Do they release Toxins?
• Do they stop releasing Oxygen?
• Do they change of shape?
• Do their appearance change?
• Why?
• How long is the night?

• Climate Change
• How’s the Atmosphere initially?
• How does it variate?
• How many types of Atmosphere are there?
• How unique are they?
• How different are they?
• How similar are they?
• What differentiates them?
• What’s the Synergy between these different Atmosphere?
• What are the apparent Paradoxes?
• Why may they not be Paradoxes?
• How do they follow each other?
• How do they affect the Environment?
• How do they affect the Weather?
• How is the Weather normally?
• Why does it changed?
• How natural are these changes?
• What are the consequences for the Characters?

• Setting Change
• The Characters enter a New Setting.
• Did they get here voluntarily?
• Why did they get here?
• What are they looking for?
• Why do they think they can find it in this Setting?
• What makes this Setting Unique?
• What makes this Setting Safe?
• What makes this Setting Dangerous?
• Do the Characters want to be here?
• Do they need to be here?
• Were they forced to get to this place?

• New City
• The Characters enter a New City.
• How did they discover it?
• Why were they looking for it?
• Which Services does this City proposes?
• Who is in charge of it?
• How is this person?
• How does she Administrate the City?
• Was she designed?
• Was she elected?
• Does she Administrate alone?
• What are the Features of the City?
• What makes it useful to the Characters?
• What makes it useless to the Characters?
• Why do they move there?
• Can they rest in this City?
• Can they hide?
• Can they find Information?
• Can they collect Resources?
• Which kind of Resources?
• Which lead do they need in order to find these resources?

New Character

• Reward
• What’s a Reward?
• What constitute a Reward?
• Should it be beneficial?
• Does it have to be Useful to the Characters?
• How useful?
• Can they trade it?
• Should they keep it?
• Who offered it the Reward?
• Why?
• What do the Character accomplish?
• Do they save this person?
• Do they save 1 of her relatives?
• Do they want it?
• Do they need it?
• Should they leave it to the ones who offered it?
• Do they need this Item more than the Characters?
• Can the Characters receive the Reward multiple times?
• What’s the value of this Reward?
• Can they trade it for another Reward of the same type?
• Can they trade it for another unrelated Item?
• Can they sell it?
• To whom?
• Who is interested in this type of Reward?
• Is it the Reward in itself?
• Is it 1 of its components?
• Do they want to salvage it?
• Is it what the Reward represents that interest them?

• Ally
• What’s an Ally?
• Do the Characters need 1?
• Is this new Character willing to help?
• How?
• Does she offer her services?
• Which kind of services?
• Who is this Character?
• Why does she behave this way?
• What does she want to achieve?
• How does she behave toward the Characters?
• Is she Affectionate?
• Is she Fair?
• Is she Sensible?
• Is she Demanding?
• Is she Resilient?
• What is she waiting from them?
• What is she offering them?
• What are her Skills?
• What are her Dispositions?
• What are her Interests?
• Which Affinities does she have with the Characters?
• Can she develop these Affinities easily?
• How does she take care of the Other Characters?

• Opponent
• What’s an Opponent?
• Why do she oppose the Character?
• How does she oppose them?
• Are their goals opposed?
• Do they have the same Goal?
• Do they plan to reach it in a different Manner?
• Why does this new Character think she would be better than the Characters?
• Does she see herself as superior?
• Who is this new Character?
• Why does she behave this way?
• What does she want to achieve?
• What constitute a Crisis to her?
• When is she in a Crisis?
• How does the Character react?
• Why does she react this way?
• What does the Character Lose?
• What does the Character Gain?
• Which trial should she face?