Story Outline
by Kitty Cochrane www.kittycochrane.com

All stories follow the same basic outline. Fill this outline in before writing your story. It gives you a clear structure to your story so it's organized.

1.    Setting      
When: _____________________________________________________________

Where: ____________________________________________________________  

 

2.    Main Characters: _____________________________________________________  

3.    Main Problem: _______________________________________________________  

4.    Goal: ______________________________________________________________  

5.    Try 1: _____________________________________________________________  

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6.    It didn’t work because:_________________________________________________  

7.    Try 2: _______________________________________________________________  

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8.    It didn’t work because:___________________________________________________  

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9.    Try 3:________________________________________________________________

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10.                       It didn’t work because: _____________________________________________  

11.                       Solution:_________________________________________________________  

12.                       What they learned:_________________________________________________