Story+Outline+Project



Story Outline Project Details:

__**EXPOSITION**__: Introduce Characters: *Introduce Characters- have at least 2 characters. *Who are the major and minor characters? *Identify protagonist and antagonist. *Include a physical description of the characters with real pictures of possible actors/actresses. *Have a direct statement from the author with at least 5 details about the characters. *Comments of other characters. *Are the characters static or dynamic?

Describe the Setting: *Time of action- what year, historical period, season, time of day, past, present or future? *Place of action- geographic location- what town, city, rural, state, country or is it make believe? What does the place look like? What is the temperature and climate?

Tell Point of View: Which is it? *1st person- 1 character tells the story *3rd person- knows what 1 character thinks *Omniscient- knows what all characters are thinking

__** INCITING INCIDENT: **__ *This GETS the story going! *Who and what? What happens? What kind of conflict? CONFLICT: *Is the conflict in the inciting incident internal or external? *Is the conflict in the inciting incident: character vs fate, characters vs character, characters vs natural environment, character vs society OR character vs self

__** RISING ACTION: **__ *What do the characters do, say, and think? How do others react? *Explain at least 3 complications. *Who/what is involved in each complication? *What kind of conflict is each complication? *What happens in each complication?

__** CLIMAX: **__ *What is the turning point that solves the inciting incident?

__** FALLING ACTION: **__ *Explain 2-3 details that settle the problems.

__**CONCLUSION**__:
 * Tell us how the story ends.

__**THEME**__: *What IDEA about life or human nature do you want us to know?