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Today's Topic – The actual look at creating a story outline

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Podcast Show Flow

• Outline Needs
• Mission Statement
• An idea of the world (Mechanic to Framework)
• An Idea of a story
  • Scope (Beckett to Epic)
  • Idea(s) of setting
  • Idea(s) of conflict
  • Idea(s) of Plot (Spark to Arc)
  • Idea(s) about Resolution
  • Ideas about some characters (Need or Fluff)
  • Determine plot Driven vs Character Driven (event’s vs internal struggles)
• Create Outline
• Go over the basics of what I look for in a story outline
• Cover Mission Statement for the story
• Create a story outline
• Flesh out story into chapters
• Define acts
• Add in additional chapters to balance out acts
• Add in characters need for each chapter
• Add in extras characters
• Add in location(s) for chapters
• Add in important prop(s)

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

Brainstorm and create outline

The Real World task for the day

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Episode 140 A Perfect Example of why planning is needed for NaNoWriMo and actual brainstorming for a new story

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