Plotting Worksheet
Copyright 1999 Leigh Michaels
1. What is the heroine's short-term problem?
2. What is the hero's short-term problem?
3. How are the two problems related?
4. How do these problems come to the reader's attention?
5. How does the heroine's short-term problem grow worse?
6. How does the hero's short-term problem grow worse?
7. What is the heroine's long-term problem?
8. What is the hero's long-term problem?
9. How are the two problems related to each other?
10. How are the long-term problems of each character related to their short-term problems?
11. What is the black moment at which it seems impossible the problem can ever be solved?
12. How is each character's short-term problem resolved?
13. How does the solution of the short-term problems contribute to the solution of the long-term problem?
14. How do the main characters contribute to the solution of their own problems?
15. What event brings about the ending?
16. What is the happy ending?
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