TECH: Quickie Worksheet For Short Stories?

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Original Posting 30 Dec 2009

Go right over here http://madgeniusclub.blogspot.com/2009/11/plot-is-king-to-catch-spirit-of-thing.html
and you can read the original Sarah Hoyt posting. Or...

Here's the headings:

Title:
Character:
Problem:
Goal:
Action:
Mirror Moment:
Resolution:

In the text around this, Sarah suggests that the three key elements are character, problem, and resolution. You might also want to think about setting and the plot -- what your character tries to do to get to the resolution.

That mirror moment thing? Basically that's a point where the character realizes that the goal he's been aiming at isn't what he really wants. It's the sudden realization that what we say we want and what we actually want aren't quite the same.

Anyway, I thought some of you might enjoy trying out yet another worksheet. It's a way to help organize your thinking. And no, you don't have to do it this way.