A Simple Scene
How do you Start Fast?
- Where are we?
- What’s the Atmosphere?
- What is the Scenery?
- What are the Landscapes like?
- What are the dominant Colors?
- What are the dominant Form?
- What’s the weather like?
- How much Light is there?
- What has been Seeded in the Setting?
- How does it hint at the Development of the Story?
- How does it hint at the possible Ending?
- Who is Here?
- Who wants to be here?
- Who needs to be here?
- Who is forced to be here?
- Who faces Who?
- What are the Identities of Character present?
- How are Archetypes Used?
- What’s their Function in the Story?
- What’s their Role in the Team?
- What’s their typical Behavior?
- What’s their Behavior in this Situation?
- How are the Characters Using the Environment?
- What’s Happening?
- What’s the Tempo?
- What’s the Pace of the Scene?
- What’s the Rhythm?
- What are the Stakes?
- What’s the Issue?
- How could this situation Resolve?
- What are the Options?
- Are the Characters Trapped?
- Are they Free?
- How can they act?
- What’s the Outcome?
- What’s the Aftermath?
Templates
- Characters
- How do the Character’s Relationships perceived her?
- How do they Interact with her?
| Character | Information | Relationship 1 | Relationship 2 | Relationship 3 | Relationship 4 |
| Name | |||||
| Goal | |||||
| Interests | |||||
| Strengths | |||||
| Weaknesses | |||||
| Quirks | |||||
| Speech | |||||
| Accessories |
- Environments/Settings
- How is the Environment’s characteristics are Perceived?
- Why do these Perceptions differ?
- What are the Relationships between this Environment & the Environments in its Periphery?
| Environment | Information | Perception 1 | Perception 2 | Perception 3 | Perception 4 |
| Name | |||||
| Origins | |||||
| Resources | |||||
| Inhabitants | |||||
| Organizations | |||||
| Points of Interest | |||||
| Landmarks | |||||
| Limits | |||||
| Neighboring Setting 1 | |||||
| Neighboring Setting 2 |
- Story
- Who is Present?
- What is their Reaction?
- How do they Evolve?
- What’s the Outcome?
- What are the Consequences on the Setting?
| Story | Protagonist 1 | Protagonist 2 | Antagonist 1 | Antagonist 2 | Setting |
| Action | |||||
| Stakes | |||||
| Issue | |||||
| Dilemma | |||||
| Resolution | |||||
| Outcome | |||||
| Aftermath | |||||
| Benefits | |||||
| Loss |
What if?
- Undesirable Event
- What’s the worst thing that could happen to the Characters?
- Was their Home burned?
- Was their Family killed?
- By Whom?
- Did they lose most of their Wealth?
- Was it only Money?
- What were the Consequences?
- Did it allow them to realize Flimsiness of their Relationships?
- Did someone Punch them?
- Who’s this Person?
- Why did they do this?
- Was it a Disaster?
- Was it a Catastrophe?
- How did it affect the Environment?
- How did it affect the People?
- Desirable Events?
- Did the Character become Rich?
- Did she receive a reward?
- Did she receive a random amount of Money?
- Did she meet someone she can trust?
- What did this person come to her?
- Is the Country becoming Wealthy?
- Is the new Ruler trying to get Popular?
- Is Food given away Freely?
- Is Entertainment purveyed for Free?
- Are Miracles happening?
- How benefits from it?
- Are people becoming more Tolerant?
- Are they becoming more Generous?
- Surprising Events?
- Is a new form of Commodity introduced?
- Is a new Species discovered?
- Did a new Species come to the Character’s Planet?
- How did they arrive?
- What are their Intentions?
- What are their untold Intentions?
- What other Surprising Events occur?
- Why are their Consequences unpredictable?
- Are there Unknown factors?
- How Unpredictable are the Outcomes?
- A new Discovery has been made…
- A new Invention has been introduced in Academies…
- A new Invention has been introduced in Industries…
Truthful Story
- Why do you write this Story?
- Why do you want to Write this?
- When did it come to you?
- How did it come to you?
- Where did it come to you?
- How does it translate your interest for a specific topic?
- How does this Story unfold?
- How predictable is it to you?
- Are you surprised by the Story’s evolution?
- How much control do you have on it?
- How do you Relate to your Characters?
- Can you dialogue with your Characters?
- How do they represent you?
- How do they represent your Opinion on a specific topic?
- How do they represent your Enthusiasm on a specific topic?
- How do they represent your Aversion of a specific topic?
- How do you define them?
- How do you interact with them?
- Do you give them the proper amount of attention?
- Do you fulfil their needs?
- Do you cause them trouble?
- How should they evolve?
- Which trial should they face?
- How would their Evolution allow you to change?
Diversity of Reactions
- Situations
- What does the Character Lose?
- What does the Character Gain?
- Reactions
- How does the Character react?
- Why does she react this way?
| Reactions | Defeatist | Jaded | Enthusiastic | Relativist | Enraged | Stubborn | Luscious | Hopeful | Helpful |
| Job Loss | |||||||||
| Home Burned | |||||||||
| Poverty | |||||||||
| Disappearance | |||||||||
| Separation | |||||||||
| Death | |||||||||
| Illness | |||||||||
| Infertility | |||||||||
| Birthday | |||||||||
| Festival | |||||||||
| New Birth | |||||||||
| New Business | |||||||||
| Holidays | |||||||||
| Enrichment | |||||||||
| Heritage | |||||||||
| Retrieval |