Origin – Voluntary or Involuntary?
- If it was Involuntary:
- Who/What caused it?
- If it was an Natural phenomenon what is the cause?
- Did someone accelerated the happening of this phenomenon?
- Are there any Environmental Unbalances near the catastrophe’s site?
- Are there any new installations?
- What does it Mean for the future of the Area?
- On what Scale does that affect Nature?
- If it was an Accident:
- Who should die in a Natural Accident?
- What would be this Accident?
- Is it a Catastrophe?
- Which kind of Crisis did it cause?
- Who is responsible for it?
- Weren’t they aware of the risks?
- Why couldn’t they act?
- Why didn’t they act?
- What information did they have?
- On what Scale does that affect Nature?
- Will it have Localized Consequences?
- Could it cause more deaths?
- If it was Voluntary:
- Who caused it?
- Why did they cause it?
- Did they fully succeed?
- What is the next step of their plan?
- What are Catalysts which will encourage more damage & trauma?
- On what Scale does that affect Nature?
- How will Nature respond?
Planet’s Aftermath
- Draw a map of your world.
- Redraw it after each Crisis.
- Geography & Landscapes
- How are they transformed?
- Did a Mountain disappear?
- Has a Forest turned into a Plain?
- Was a Lake Frozen?
- Was a River Broken?
- Accessibility & Roads
- Are certain zones inaccessible?
- Are certain zones limited?
- Can you quit the zone affected?
- Are you forced to stay?
- Are you imprisoned?
- Resources & Scarcity
- Which resources are now rare?
- Mineral
- Vegetal
- Animal
- Did some new resource appear?
- Mineral
- Vegetal
- Animal
- Are food & water still available?
- Are Energy sources still available?
- How was Homing affected?
- Is Light affected?
- Is Time affected?
- Are days now shorter/longer?
Characters & Crisis
Treat the Crisis as a Character.
- Did the Characters lose a relative?
- A family member?
- Did the Antagonist die?
- Has this person died?
- Has she disappeared?
- Has she contracted a disease reducing her body/mind capabilities?
- Has she experienced another trauma that has alienated her?
- How does the Crisis affect characters’ Perception?
- What unperceivable damages did she cause?
- How will the Crisis control the Characters?
- Will she give them equal attention/trauma?
- Will she give them opportunities to heal themselves?
- How will she allow them to evolve?
- Did The Crisis left the Characters in Shock & Denial?
- What was the Characters Reaction?
- Shock & Denial?
- Anger & Bargaining?
- Illness & Sadness?
- Death & Fatality?
Story & Perception
- How does the Crisis cause Advancement in the Story?
- What kind of Advancement?
- Did new Organizations emerge?
- Did Organizations disappear?
- Did Organization fused, dissolved, divided?
- Did new Territories emerged?
- Did Territories break?
- Is the Crisis Real?
- When a catastrophe occurs the obvious reaction is to give credit to it.
- The Stakes are too high to doubt it…
- But the Catastrophe distorts individual perception of an issue.
- Therefore, would it be possible that the Catastrophe itself would have no substantial effects.
- Others than those we attribute to her…
- Give your characters some Perspective.
- Let them question the Phenomenon.
- Let them question its Nature.
- Its Origins.
- Its Consequences.
- How do you verify the impact of the Crisis on the Story?
- How does the Crisis Commits to the Story?
- Is the Crisis related to the Characters?
- How does the Crisis Confirms Events?
- Is the Crisis related to the Settings?
- How does the Crisis Distort the Story?
- Did you force the Crisis into the Story?
- How does the Crisis Evolve?
- At which speed does it spread?
- Who does it impact principally?
- Does is repeat itself?
- Can you identify a pattern?
- How does the Crisis Survives?
- Does it still kill people?
- Does it destroy people lives?
- Or do People Destroy each other?
- How does it affect the Ending?
- Write down 3 different Endings.
- Each of them factors 1 different aspect of the crisis.
- Resources
- Landscapes
- Relationships
- Write down an Epilogue.
- Are the endings contradictory?
- Is there a Paradoxe?
- Do they work in Synergy?
