STORY
DEVELOPMENT OF A NARRATIVE STORYTELLING SYSTEM
Beginning—Middle—End
Inciting Incident (Setup)—Conflict (Confrontation)—Resolution (Solution)
BEGINNING, MIDDLE & END
- (BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END) How do these three segmented parts-elements relate to the supporting cast of characters-&-villains?
- (BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END) How is the setup-inciting incident, conflict-confrontation, and resolution solved for each major character-player of the narrative?
- (BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END)What do we know about the characters/world at the beginning, middle, and end of the story as it relates to the beginning’s (setup), middle’s (conflict), and end’s (resolution) essential elements. In other words, how does each character interact with and influence the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
BEGINNING
- (BEGINNING): When does the inciting incident really happen? When does it start and end? Can there be more than one inciting incident at the beginning?
MIDDLE
- (MIDDLE; CONFRONTATION; CONFLICT) What kind of buildup and rising action or tension helps get us through the story’s narrative? What’s causing the suspense and drama? How does the confrontation define that suspense and drama?
- (MIDDLE; CONFLICT): What is the nature of the conflict-confrontation? Nature, Society, or Supernatural/Scientific? What is the Conflict, and who/what’s causing it?
- (MIDDLE): CONFLICT: Who/what is leading/causing/instigating the conflict/tension/events of the story? Character action or the situation/events?
END
- (END) Where does this element/segment/act/final scenes truly begin/end? And with who, which characters, one or more?
- (END): How is the story problem-confrontation completely resolved-concluded-solved?
- (END) Is there an emotional-psychological resolution too for the audience-&-characters, or is it just physical-temporal?
