Stages of Plot

How’s this for a plot outline template? (will be expanded on, this is just as a basic description because I feel a bit sleepy).

 

The hero: Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.

The stasis: Life, before anything bad happens. Where you show character as-is before external influence.

The problem: aka the Inciting Incident. Something bad happens.

The quest: to stop more bad stuff happening.

The obstacles (antagonists): everything that stands in the way of success

The villain: the antagonist is revealed…

The climax: …and confronted! Protagonist versus antagonist… fight!

The resolution: the result of beating the bad guy (physical plot, aka adventure) or confronting the demon/s (personal plot, aka quest)

 

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