Reading: Anatomy of Story Ch 1, 2
Read Anatomy of Story, John Truby: Read Ch 1-2
Below is the Amazon URL, but you can also use make use of the free (less polished) pdf version.
Story Premise
Come up with a story idea you’d like to work on.
Develop a Premise for the story idea. Write down your Premise
Then for each item below, write a few sentences for each the following steps to develop a premise:
- Write something that may change your life
- Look for deeper possibilities
- Clarify challenges for your idea
- Find an original angle or designing principle
- Identify the protagonist who will struggle & change
- List some conflicts or challenges for protagonist
- Which causes have which effects?
- Figure out how and why the protagonist changes
- Determine key moral choices faced by protagonist
- Stick to your original vision, but find the audience appeal